The Indiana Academic Standards for Science and the Next Generation Science Standards emphasize inquiry as a prominent instructional method and a defining characteristic of science. This workshop ...

Do the newly released results from the 2015 Programme for International Student Assessment (PISA) throw cold water on project-based learning? The results, issued this week, examined instructional ...

Journal of Science Teacher Education, Vol. 25, No. 1 (February 2014), pp. 79-96 (18 pages) This study examines how an inquiry-based approach to teaching and learning creates teachable moments that can ...

Undergraduate research experiences help retain students in science majors and prepare our workforce for increasingly competitive jobs. Course-based approaches to research and inquiry allow educators ...

Introducing math and science through inquiry and problem-based instruction can pay off throughout elementary school, according to a massive international series of studies. Education economists Emma ...

This comprehensive study investigated student outcomes of inquiry-based learning (IBL) in undergraduate mathematics and linked these outcomes to students’ and instructors’ experiences of IBL. Based at ...

Journal of Science Teacher Education, Vol. 24, No. 6 (October 2013), pp. 1049-1072 (24 pages) We describe the Science Semester, a semester-long course block that integrates three science courses and a ...

The rise of ChatGPT promises to bring simplicity to the more mundane tasks of human existence and has also revived with new fervor an enduring question of our education system: how do we adequately ...

Second grade students at St. Jude School in Mountain Top recently engaged in a hands-on scientific investigation to determine which liquid would dissolve candy corn most rapidly. Through this ...

High-quality instructional materials (HQIMs) are educational resources designed to effectively support student learning. They can include textbooks, lesson plans, digital resources and other materials ...