Do you like teaching, but find yourself frustrated by how little students seem to learn? Would you like to try teaching, but are nervous about whether you will be any good at it? Are you interested in new research on science education? Research in science education shows that the greatest obstacle to student learning is the failure to identify and confront the misconceptions with which the students enter the class or those that they acquire during their studies. This weekly seminar course focuses on developing the participants’ ability to uncover and confront student misconceptions and to foster student understanding and retention of key concepts. Participants read primary literature on science education, uncover basic concepts often overlooked when teaching biology, and lead a small weekly discussion session for students currently enrolled in introductory biology classes.
The instructor for this course, Dr. Julia Khodor, is a member of the HHMI Education Group.

Do you like teaching, but find yourself frustrated by how little students seem to learn? Would you like to try teaching, but are nervous about whether you will be any good at it? Are you interested in new research on science education? Research in science education shows that the greatest obstacle to student learning is the failure to identify and confront the misconceptions with which the students enter the class or those that they acquire during their studies. This weekly seminar course focuses on developing the participants’ ability to uncover and confront student misconceptions and to foster student understanding and retention of key concepts. Participants read primary literature on science education, uncover basic concepts often overlooked when teaching biology, and lead a small weekly discussion session for students currently enrolled in introductory biology classes.
The instructor for this course, Dr. Kosinski-Collins, is a member of the HHMI Education Group.

Overview:  This lesson includes a slide presentation to instruct about the 8 Multiple Intelligences (by Howard Gardner).  The students can take notes on the Doodle Notes handout.  Once the students are familiar with the multiple intelligences, you can help them apply the intelligences to preschool learning activities.  Students can work alone or in a group of two to plan 8 preschool activities that match the multiple intelligences.  The project also has the students plan the eight activities around a theme.  This helps students to think about multiple intelligences and developmentally appropriate activities for preschool age children. 

This module contains 3 units to support both pre-service and in-service educators in teaching Culturally and Linguistically Diverse students in the classroom. There are a variety of formats and modalities to present this information. Each unit includes videos, recorded lectures, PowerPoints, guided notes, and research articles to present a wholistic view of the content. The learning is scaffolded by offering application-based activities to allow learners to practice and internalize the content from the first section, and then in the assessment section, the learning is evaluated in a variety of ways that support the learning objectives. There are many supports for both the learner and the student in these units.