Text and talk in the science classroom constitute two of the primary vehicles by which students gain knowledge and make meaning. Yet, both involve the unique language of science. Presentations focused ...

A new study highlights how school gardens can improve students’ science literacy, environmental attitudes, and physical activity while fostering teamwork and responsibility. Researchers found that ...

A recent study highlights that school gardens significantly improve students’ science literacy, environmental awareness, and life skills. Experts suggest these benefits could be adapted for homeschool ...

According to national surveys, about 28 percent of American adults currently qualify as scientifically literate, and while slightly ahead of their European counterparts when it comes to scientific ...

Allycia Uhrhan’s 6th graders at Truman Middle School in St. Louis started their field-science week collecting data on fish hatching at nearby Forest Park. But the trip really started the prior week, ...

A revolution is quietly unfolding in the field of evolutionary biology, challenging entrenched paradigms and reshaping our understanding of how life evolves. The newly emerging Extended Evolutionary ...

Lack of science literacy in the United States is at an all-time high, while student science achievement is at an all-time low. Only about 31% of eighth graders scored at or above the proficient level ...

Gordon Gauchat is a sociologist at the University of Wisconsin–Milwaukee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA. Science’s big problem is a loss of influence, not a loss of trust Scientists and researchers who ...

Taking a Master’s in Reading Literacy Education or in Teaching Reading offers significant professional, pedagogical, and ...

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EXEMPLAR 1: SEEDS OF SCIENCE/ROOTS OF READING Jacqueline Barber, Lawrence Hall of Science at University of California, Berkeley, shared her insights into developing Seeds of ...