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Social Research Methods Knowledge Base 
  
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The Research Methods Knowledge Base is a comprehensive web-based textbook that addresses all of the topics in a typical introductory undergraduate or graduate course in social…
https://conjointly.com/kb/table-of-contents/
Exploring the Nanoworld: Nanoville Activity 
  
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In this Project-Based learning module, students investigate the effect of nanotechnology on society, as they play decision-making roles for the town of Nanoville. The driving…
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http://education.mrsec.wisc.edu/IPSE/educators/activities/socImp2.html
Seeing isn't believing: Do classroom demonstrations help students learn?  [ Computer Program ]
  
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Physics is the study of nature. So, physics classes typically include demonstrations of how those laws of nature play out, often in surprising ways. But do students see what we…
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Annenberg Learner Interactives: Ionic Bonding Game 
  
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This interactive game challenges learners to create eight virtual compounds by combining individual ions. Each challenge poses a task. Task #1 asks students to make sodium chloride…
https://www.learner.org/wp-content/interactive/periodic/bonding/
Successful K-12 STEM Education: Identifying Effective Approaches in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics  [ Book ]
  
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Science, mathematics, engineering, and technology (STEM) are fundamental aspects of everyone's lives as citizens, consumers, parents, and workers. Providing all students with access…
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NOVA: Inside a Nuclear Control Room 
  
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This interactive resource gives a glimpse of the inside of a working nuclear power plant in New England. It features an exact replica of the plant's control room -- down to the…
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Practicing versus inventing with contrasting cases: The effects of telling first on learning and transfer.  [ Journal Article ]
  
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D. Schwartz, J. Educ. Psychol., 103 (4), 759-775 (2011).
Being told procedures and concepts before problem solving can inadvertently undermine the learning of deep structures in physics. If students do not learn the underlying structure of…
https://doi.org/10.1037/a0025140
STEM Teachers in Professional Learning Communities: From Good Teachers to Great Teaching  [ Report ]
  
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These two studies place a capstone on a decade of teacher effectiveness research. We now have compelling evidence that when teachers team up with their colleagues they are able to…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Motion 
  
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This learning cycle features 19 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing fundamentals of motion in introductory physics courses. Each video includes learning…
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Physics Teaching Technology Resource: Learning Cycles on Circular and Rotational Motion 
  
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This learning cycle features 11 videotaped experiments, organized sequentially for introducing the nature of circular motion in introductory physics courses. Each video includes…
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