As different initiatives, priorities, and efforts to change teaching and learning in schools come and go, one challenge remains constant: Time is a finite resource. In elementary schools, especially, ...

One A vision of ambitious science teaching -- Two Planning for engagement with big science ideas -- Core practice set #1 -- Three Talk as a tool for learning -- Productive discourse, Part 1 -- Four ...

Research shows that that children learn science and engineering subjects best by engaging from an early age in the kinds of practices used by real scientists and engineers. By doing science and ...

Science understanding and expertise are essential to the function of modern society and are foundational within science education. Understanding scientific concepts and processes, especially in ...

Karin Loach ’11, ’20 is an eighth-grade science teacher in Auburn, Mass., and when the state updated its science curriculum in 2016, she began hearing that elementary school teachers felt woefully ...

A UB faculty member who specializes in science education will bring his message of technology and student engagement to the nation’s largest group of science educators gathered for the National ...

Teaching methods are the broader techniques used to help students achieve learning outcomes, while activities are the different ways of implementing these methods. Teaching methods help students: ...

A couple of years ago, five faculty members at Harvard University published an intriguing study. They had run an experiment in an introductory undergraduate physics course to figure out why active ...

A dozen college students are saying the word "pat" and jotting down notes about the sounds being made. "Puh - AH - tt" Pay attention to the shapes your mouths make as you pronounce the word, instructs ...