Integrating Indigenous Science with School Science for Enhanced Learning: A Nigerian Example

Discovering Indigenous Science: Implications for Science Education

Indigenous science relates to both the science knowledge of long-resident, usually oral culture peoples, as well as the science knowledge of all peoples who as participants in culture are affected by the worldview and relativist interests of their home communities. This article explores aspects of multicultural science and pedagogy and describes a rich and well-documented branch of indigenous s...

Scientific Sensemaking: A Critical Resource for Science Learning in School

Science consists of both a body of knowledge and a process by which the knowledge is produced. Historically, these two aspects were often assessed separately (i.e., test items on knowledge and test items on skills) and taught relatively separately (e.g., with an introduction section on skills or via isolated projects or labs). The last decade has been marked by a substantial shift to an integra...

Standards of Learning: Science – High School

Standards of Learning: Science – Middle School

• Pink highlight indicates a standard or objective that is supported by the use of Webspiration Classroom. • Green note annotation includes the names of a Webspiration Classroom template that corresponds to the highlighted standard. These templates are a part of the software program and act as starters or frameworks for student work. Meeting curriculum standards is a major focus in education to...

Integrating citizen science with online learning to ask better questions

Online learners spend millions of hours per year testing their new skills on assignments with known answers. This paper explores whether framing research questions as assignments with unknown answers helps learners generate novel, useful, and difficult-to-find knowledge while increasing their motivation by contributing to a larger goal. Collaborating with the American Gut Project, the world’s l...