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JCE cover for January 2019
Especially JCE: January 2019
// Sunday, January 13, 2019 • Erica K. Jacobsen
The Journal is a jumping-off point. When I read even a finely crafted activity, I know there are going to be tweaks I will need to make to use it. Maybe it’s because of what I do (or don’t) have in my science supply stash. Maybe it’s because my curriculum plan focuses only on a certain concept, so I plan to pull just a piece of the activity.
Synergistic Inquiry
Synergistic Inquiry
// Thursday, January 3, 2019 • Tom Kuntzleman
Inquiry learning (also known as discovery learning)1 is an educational method that “places responsibility on the students to pose hypotheses, design experiments, make predictions…decide how to analyze results…and so on”.2 Several authors have attempted to define and describe the characteristics of inquiry learning in the science cl
December 2018 J. Chem. Educ. issue cover
Especially JCE: December 2018
// Saturday, December 15, 2018 • Erica K. Jacobsen
Technology is a regular part of students’ lives. From the constant presence of smartphones to the use of online tools to prepare or submit homework to the automatic understanding of the phrase “google it” to streaming digital content, it is woven into the fabric of their existence.
Nov 2016 cover of JCE
Especially JCE: November 2018
// Tuesday, November 13, 2018 • Erica K. Jacobsen
Learning about ideas for your classroom and teaching can be a bit like getting a sip of water from a fire hose.