On a bright, sunny day, a group of first-graders eagerly begins a science investigation called “Shadow Town.” The teacher gathers them in a circle and asks, “What causes shadows?” It’s a good question ...
NOTICE: The project that is the subject of this report was approved by the Governing Board of the National Research Council, whose members are drawn from the councils of the National Academy of ...
Research and innovation in Texas A&M University's biomedical engineering department often centers around clinical impact on patients. Beyond the lab, however, some faculty are finding breakthroughs in ...
Educators are increasingly integrating citizen science into K–12 curricula, supported by new toolkits, research insights, and classroom-tested strategies. Programs like the California Academy of ...
Introduction: The centrality of inquiry for teaching and learning science / Robert E. Yager -- Inquiry at the Ocean Research College Academy (ORCA) / Ardi Kveven -- Natural scientists: children in ...
While criticizing the “science of math” movement for generalizing findings from narrow intervention studies into broad ...
Learning results from what the student does and thinks and only from what the student does and thinks. The teacher can advance learning only by influencing what the student does to learn. (Lovett et ...