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Ask questions--and listen! giving students time to think leads to active learning.(The Prepared Practitioner: Summer 2009, Bridging Educational Theory and Practice)
June 22, 2009... As you enjoy your summer break, are you thinking about professional development--or spending time with friends and loved ones? How about combining the activities! Conversing with friends and family offers a chance to practice questioning techniques that can be used in the classroom. To...

Overloading science labs.(Safer Science: Summer 2009, Best Practice for safety Issues in the Science Classroom and Laboratory)
June 22, 2009... The current recession has brought about a wave of changes for all of us. In some school districts, boards of education are "renegotiating" areas of teachers' contracts, including class size maximums. Science laboratories that have typically accommodated a maximum of 24 students are being...

Of mice and men.(Headline Science: Summer 2009, The Latest News in Science Research)(Report)
June 22, 2009... Just as no two humans are the same, treating mice more as individuals in laboratory testing may cut down on erroneous results and could significantly reduce the cost of drug development. Before products are approved for human testing, mice are often used as test subjects for treatments and...

Conception time and birth defects.(Headline Science: Summer 2009, The Latest News in Science Research)(Report)
June 22, 2009... A study published in the medical journal Acta Paediatrica is the first to report that birth defect rates in the United States were highest for women conceiving in the spring and summer. The researchers also found that this period of increased risk correlated with increased levels of...

Multitaskers less likely to shoot.(Headline Science: Summer 2009, The Latest News in Science Research)(Report)
June 22, 2009... In the midst of life-threatening situations requiring split-second decisions, police officers with a higher ability to multitask may be less likely to shoot unarmed persons when feeling threatened, a new Georgia State University study suggests. Heather Kleider, Dominic Parrott, and Tricia...