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STEM Across the Middle Grades Curriculum
Carl Sagan once said, "We can do science, and with it we can improve our lives." Yes, science is an action—something we can do—and it is apparent that we in education have forgotten that fact. As a...
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Chad Pavlekovich, Jenny Benardi, and Jayne Malach
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RAFTing with Raptors: Connecting Science, English Language Arts, and the Common Core State Standards
RAFT writing assignments can help students learn content while developing writing and thinking skills.
Forty-five states and three territories have adopted the Common Core State Standards (CCSS), and most states are now in the process of implementing them (CCSS Initiative, 2012). CCSS for English Language...
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Gary J. Senn, Deborah H. McMurtrie, & Bridget K. Coleman
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Literacy as the Link: Common Core Standards and Content Area Teaching
The Common Core State Standards (CCSS) literacy standards for content area teachers provide incentive for teachers to focus on instructional techniques to meet students’ rigorous literacy needs across the...
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Ginni C. Fair, Jason Fair
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The Neighborhood STEM School: Creating a Better World
How will you make the world better? This question challenges every member of the Preston Middle School community and serves as the foundation for everything we do. Preston Middle School is a school of science,...
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Tracey Winey and John Howe
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Exploring Science Through Fine Arts
Integrating the fine arts into science instruction promotes differentiation and encourages exploration.
The middle school years are a pivotal time in students’ understanding of and enthusiasm for science, according to the National Science Teachers Association. Science must be something that students do, not...
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Judy Beck, Laura Kaufmann, & Cece Toole
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Recognizing the A in STEM Education
We live in a world where you can’t understand science without technology, which couches most of if its research and development in engineering, which you can’t create without an understanding of the...
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Georgette Yakman
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Soaring to New Heights
One of the primary goals of education is to encourage, support, and facilitate students' academic and personal achievement. Eighth grade students at Springville-Griffith Institute Middle School in Springville, New...
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Joseph Karb
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Effective Science Instruction: Impact on High-Stakes Assessment Performance
This longitudinal prospective cohort study was conducted to determine the impact of effective science instruction on performance on high-stakes high school graduation assessments in science. This study provides...
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Carla C. Johnson, Danhui Zhang, Jane Butler Kahle
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Comparison of Student Learning Outcomes in Middle School Science Classes with an STS Approach and a Typical Textbook Dominated Approach
The purpose of this study was to determine whether Science, Technology, and Society (STS) learning increases student concept mastery, general science achievement, use of concepts in new situations, and attitudes...
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Robert E. Yager, Hakan Akcay
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From STEM to Full STEAM Ahead
While educating students on science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) prepares students for life, it can also prepare them for college and career. It is predicted that in the next 10 years, STEM jobs will grow...
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Frank Rudnesky, Ed.D., Peter Davis, Frank Pileiro
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