Educators need evidence drawn from research to help them implement and justify inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning science. Many science teachers, for example, question why they should ...

Journal of Science Teacher Education, Vol. 19, No. 2 (2008), pp. 117-134 (18 pages) This study explored how preservice teachers grew in their understanding of inquiry science through conducting an ...

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 ...

E&ER has conducted several studies of course reform in undergraduate STEM education, including changes in pedagogy, assessment, and curricula, and how these changes may support or hinder student ...

Inquiry-based learning has been around in education circles for a long time, but many teachers and schools gradually moved away from it during the heyday of No Child Left Behind. The pendulum is ...

Active learning puts students at the center of the learning process by encouraging them to engage, reflect, and apply what they’re learning in meaningful ways. Rather than passively receiving ...

Math achievement scores have dropped, but some school boards are finding a teaching formula for student success ...

School principals, district administrators, and teacher leaders (including department chairs) are essential links in the adoption of inquiry as a way of teaching and learning. Extensive research ...