Science – Page 5

What STEM Teachers Need to Know and Do for English Language Learners (ELLs): Using Literacy to Learn

This popular article describes how STEM literacy and English language learner literacy can be used together to help all students learn.

Filling Positions or Forging New Pathways? Scholarship Incentives, Commitment, and Retention of STEM Teachers in High‐need Schools

This article describes a study of Noyce scholarship recipients to determine if commitment to teach in high-need schools is stable or variable over time, and the impact of program structure and supports on commitment, professional identity, and retention.

Pedagogical Language Knowledge: An Investigation of a Science Teacher Candidate’s Student Teaching Strengths and Struggles

The authors report the results of a case study designed to follow a teacher candidate's development and use of pedagogical language knowledge and the integration of science and language learning in a linguistically diverse classroom.

Like-Minded People: University-Based Interdisciplinary Collaborations in STEM Teacher Preparation Programs

This article describes a study that analyzed the motivation, development and sustainability of collaborations between STEM and Education faculty and university supervisors to enhance STEM teacher education programs. Seven universities with NSF Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship programs participated.

Preparing Teachers: Building Evidence for Sound Policy

The National Research Council (NRC) was asked by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences to conduct this consensus report in response to a mandate from Congress to assemble all available information on key questions related to teacher preparation to guide future policy decisions.