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  • STEM practices and model-based reasoning
    Date: 11/07/2014
    Resource Category!: Research Products
    The adoption of the Next Generation Science Standards means that many educators who adhere to model-based reasoning styles of science will have to adapt their programs and curricula. In addition, all practitioners will have to teach modeling, and model-based reasoning is a useful way to do so. This brief offers perspectives drawn from Lehrer and ... »
  • Early Elementary Students' Development of Astronomy Concepts in the Planetarium
    Date: 07/24/2014
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    The National Science Education Standards [National Research Council (1996) National science education standards. Washington, DC: National Academy Press] recommend that students understand the apparent patterns of motion of the sun, moon and stars by the end of early elementary school. However, little information exists on students’ ability to ... »
  • The effectiveness of placing temporal constraints on a transmedia STEM learning experience for young children.
    Date: 04/01/2014
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    This article describes a transmedia learning experience for early school-aged children. The experience represented an effort to transition a primarily television-based series to a primarily web-based series. Children watched new animation, completed online activities designed to promote STEM (science, technology, engineering, and math) exploration ... »
  • Evaluating Children's Conservation Biology Learning at the Zoo
    Date: 03/29/2014
    Resource Category!: Peer-reviewed article
    Millions of children visit zoos every year with parents or schools to encounter wildlife firsthand. Public conservation education is a requirement for membership in professional zoo associations. However, in recent years zoos have been criticized for failing to educate the public on conservation issues and related biological concepts, such as ... »