When it comes to teaching science, animation seems like a natural fit. What better way to convey how a bicycle pump works or the functions of the human respiratory system? Yet research has turned up ...

Students in Kristen Gonsoir’s classroom at Groton Area High School in Groton, S.D., spend a lot of time solving equations together. Early this school year, they passed almost an entire period working ...

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 ...

School science teachers live for “aha moments,” those brilliant periods when a student understands and, more importantly, grows excited about connecting an electrical current, identifying an anemone ...

To teach language to the youngest students, you first introduce them to the letters of the alphabet and the sounds that the letters make. Next, you step forward into combining letters into simple ...

Karen J Matsler receives funding from National Science Foundation as linked to and mentioned in the article. Employed by University of Texas Arlington The first time I heard about quantum information ...

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 ...