Think back to learning about science in your early school years. What experiences stand out? What excited you or shut you down? What inspired you to learn more? I often use these questions to launch ...

Students are struggling to learn science during the pandemic, even as they find it increasingly interesting and relevant to their lives, according to new research highlighted at the annual American ...

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 ...

Growing up near the World Bank’s agricultural development project in Anyigba (present day Kogi State, Nigeria), Mark Akubo and his friends would visit the aerodrome to watch light planes take off and ...

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, ...

Editor’s Note: In 1988, a teacher most commonly had 15 years of experience. In recent years, that number is closer to just three years leading a classroom. The “On Teaching” series focuses on the ...

In our major, annual survey of almost 2,000 science teachers and technicians, insufficient time (58%), challenging student behaviour (48%), and the cost of consumables and chemicals (43%) were cited ...

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 ...

The WMU College Science Teaching Certificate is designed for individuals who wish to improve as instructors of science in a college setting, and it consists of a sequence of three 3-credit hybrid ...

Lauren Margulieux receives funding from Snap, Inc., Google, the National Science Foundation, and the US Department of Education. Despite growing demand for computer science skills in professional ...