It is time to use evidence-based teaching practices at all levels by providing incentives and effective evaluations, urge Stephen E. Bradforth, Emily R. Miller and colleagues. The time is now ripe for ...

Teachers must be able to combine several important kinds of knowledge in order to successfully implement classroom science instruction for concept learning. These include knowledge of science content, ...

The proper teaching of science is probably the greatest problem before American secondary education. Yet the schools must not only teach more physics and chemistry, but should also face the issue of ...

BUFFALO, N.Y. -- A University at Buffalo professor who specializes in science education will bring his message of technology and student engagement to the nation's largest group of science educators ...

Active problem-solving confers a deeper understanding of science than does a standard lecture. But some university lecturers are reluctant to change tack. You have full access to this article via your ...

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, Vol. 111, No. 23 (June 10, 2014), pp. 8319-8320 (2 pages) ...

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 ...

July 20, 2001 – Bethesda, Md. – As part of an ongoing effort to improve science education, the American Physiological Society (APS) will host 14 teachers from across the country at a week-long retreat ...

Starting this fall, researchers from Western Washington University will study local elementary school math and science teaching methods in an attempt to figure out if specialists – those who teach ...

Intel volunteer engineer Ryan Warr gives suggestions to West Union Elementary students building a suspension bridge out of classmates. Warr and parent Intel volunteer Keisha Thomas (in background) ...