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 ...

As a doctoral student at the University of Washington in Seattle, biologist Michelle Smith spent a lot of time sorting fruit flies under the microscope. But she often found her mind wandering to her ...

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 ...

MCLEAN, Va.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--The National Science Teaching Association (NSTA), the largest professional organization in the world seeking to transform science education to benefit all through ...

Beth McMurtrie asserts that knowledge generated from the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL) is ignored. As SoTL scholars and campus leaders, we disagree. Ms. McMurtrie notes that research on ...

Data Science 4 Everyone today announced the release of its "State of the Field 2025 Data Science and Data Literacy Education ...

WASHINGTON — The National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine have launched the Collaborative for Advancing Science Teaching and Learning in K-12 (CASTL-K12), a new activity that will ...

In their efforts to regulate how teachers can discuss issues of politics and identity in the classroom, Republican state legislators have so far focused mainly on social studies and history ...

While coding is a good start, school districts need to develop broader computer science initiatives to grow 21st century–ready learners. Alexander Slagg is a freelance writer specializing in ...

A new book on brain science provides tips that teachers should ideally learn during their training. An engaging new book about brain science can help teachers make their classroom practice more ...