Once the last bell rings this school year, teachers can select from a wide range of opportunities to continue to hone their ...

From AI-powered tutors to museum field trips, interactive STEM tools are transforming classrooms into hubs of curiosity and experimentation. Virtual labs, simulations, and immersive games help ...

Spring is the perfect season to spark curiosity with hands-on STEM activities for kids. From sprouting seeds to exploring weather changes, nature becomes the ultimate classroom. These playful ...

A workshop at Elliot Primary School redefined how to teach science, technology, engineering and maths in modern classrooms.

CLEMSON — Kara Powder doesn’t think science has to start with a microscope or lab coats. Sometimes it begins with something as ordinary as the squirrels outside a student’s window. “It doesn’t have to ...

Direct instruction sometimes gets a bad reputation. But it can be more than the teacher lecturing at the front of the room. As an inquiry-based educator, I use aspects of direct instruction to give ...

Inquiry-based teaching methods can be rejected in our knowledge-rich curriculum because they take too long and we worry about cognitive overload. However, Erin Miller argus that inquiry learning has ...

Abstract: Under the “Double Reduction” policy, enhancing science education and cultivating scientific literacy in primary students require effective family-school-society linkages. However, barriers ...

This mini review asks how to orchestrate guidance, assessment, and student agency so that inquiry reliably yields durable understanding and inclusion, moving beyond the inquiry vs. direct instruction ...

Abstract: Previous studies have demonstrated that inquiry-based learning (IBL) and flipped learning effectively promote student engagement and learning outcomes in language classrooms. Meanwhile, ...

A total of 22 preschool and kindergarten teachers and 159 children (M age = 47.78 months) from a Northwest state in the U.S. participated in a science teaching PD program. Teachers’ self-reported ...