NSTA Releases New Book on College Science Teaching Techniques

If you're looking for inspiration to alter your teaching methods to match new standards and new times, this new NSTA book is for you. As the first in the Exemplary Science series to focus exclusively on college science teaching, Exemplary College Science Teaching offers 16 examples of college teaching that builds on what students learned in high school.

Understanding that college does not exist in a vacuum, the chapter authors demonstrate how to adapt the methods and frameworks under which secondary students have been working and make them their own for the college classroom, adding new technologies when appropriate and letting the students take an active role in their learning.

Among the innovative topics and techniques the essays in this book explore are

• Lecture-free college science teaching
• Peer-led study groups as learning communities
• Jigsaw techniques that enhance learning
• Inquiry incorporated into large-group settings
• Interactive video conferences for assessing student attitudes and behaviors

The clichéd image of the professor droning on before a packed lecture hall is a thing of the past. The essays in this book explain why-and offer the promise of a better future.

"Since K-12 students taught using the new [Next Generation Science Standards] will be arriving in college classrooms prepared in a different way from those in our classrooms currently, it would behoove to alter their teaching methods ... or be perceived to be dinosaurs using the older teaching methods."
- From Exemplary College Science Teaching

About the Editor

Robert E. Yager has written more than 700 research and policy publications as well as having served as editor for all eight volumes of the Exemplary Science series.

You can browse sample pages of this new book for free at the NSTA Science Store website at www.nsta.org/store.

For additional information or to purchase Exemplary College Science Teaching, visit the NSTA Science Store at www.nsta.org/store. To order by phone, call 800-277-5300 between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. ET weekdays. The 243-page book is priced at $29.95 and discount-priced for NSTA members at $23.96. (Stock # PB192X9, ISBN # 978-1-938946-09-7)

The Arlington, Va.-based National Science Teachers Association is the largest professional organization in the world promoting excellence and innovation in science teaching and learning for all. NSTA's current membership includes more than 50,000 science teachers, science supervisors, administrators, scientists, business and industry representatives, and others involved in science education.

NSTA Press produces 25-30 new books and e-books each year. Focused on the preK-college market and specifically aimed at teachers of science, NSTA Press titles offer a unique blend of accurate scientific content and sound teaching strategies.

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