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Getting Older Students Excited About Science Class

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Hands-on Engagement: Beyond the Textbook and Lecture To captivate the attention of older students it’s essential to look beyond traditional teaching methods like textbooks and lectures. Having students choose a science project that requires research and experimentation empowers them to take ownership of their learning.

Science 105
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Why ‘What Works’ Doesn’t: False Positives in Education Research

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Assuming a proposed intervention involves students doing virtually anything more cognitively challenging than passively listening to lecturing-as-usual (the typical straw man control in education research), then a researcher is very likely to find a positive difference as long as the sample size is large enough.

Education 157