Design Considerations for Exam Wrappers part of Web Resource Collection

This Tomorrow's Professor posting looks at the use of exam wrappers as a way to help students improve their performance on exams. Exam wrappers are short activities that direct students to ...

Ten Rules of Good (and Bad) Studying part of Web Resource Collection

This Tomorrow's Professor posting is an excerpt from A Mind For Numbers: How to Excel at Math and Science (Even If You Flunked Algebra) (2014). It summarizes excellent tips on good (and bad) ...

Biomedical Ethics for Engineers part of Print Resource Collection
Biomedical Ethics for Engineers provides biomedical engineers with a new set of tools and an understanding that the application of ethical measures will seldom reach consensus even among fellow ...

Student interpretation of a global elevation map: What it is, how it was made, and what it is useful for part of Print Resource Collection
The authors explored students' understanding of the origin and interpretation of a map showing global elevation. They found that many students were unaware that this map represented data that ...

The importance of spatial thinking for geoscience education: Insights from the crossroads of geoscience and cognitive science part of Print Resource Collection
This paper uses "a day in the life of a field geologist" as a means to explore the spatial skills used by geoscientists on a regular basis, the cognitive skills that ...

A Model for the Development and Implementation of Field Trips as an Integral Part of the Science Curriculum part of Print Resource Collection
In this paper, Orion summarizes what we know from the literature about designing effective field trips for high school students, including the challenges and barriers to success. The model he ...

NSTA Position Statement: The Nature of Science part of Web Resource Collection

The NSTA Nature of Science position statement aims to create a common, accurate view of the nature and process of science.

Self-Regulated Learning in Postsecondary Education part of Web Resource Collection

This post, from Rick Reis' Tomorrow's Professor, is from the introductory chapter that explains the rationale and procedures for fostering self-regulated learning among students in higher ...

MetEd: Meteorological Education part of Web Resource Collection

MetEd is a free collection of hundreds of educational modules intended for the geoscience community, from undergraduate students to experienced meteorologists.

NSTA Resources about the Next Generation Science Standards part of Web Resource Collection

The time has come to move the nation forward in its pursuit of high quality science education for all. In a process managed by Achieve, Inc., 20 states are leading the development of rigorous and ...