The Story Behind the Science: Bringing Science and Scientists to Life in Post-Secondary Science Education Academic Article

abstract

• With funding from the United States National Science Foundation, 30 historical short stories designed to teach science content and draw students' attention to the nature of science (NOS) have been created for post-secondary introductory astronomy, biology, chemistry, geology, and physics courses. The project rationale, story development and structure, and freely available stories at the project website are presented. 2010 Springer Science+Business Media B.V.

authors

• Clough, Michael

published proceedings

• SCIENCE & EDUCATION

altmetric score

• 5.744

author list (cited authors)

• Clough, M. P.

citation count

• 104

publication date

• July 2011

publisher

• Springer Nature  Publisher

keywords

• 4 Quality Education
• 50 Philosophy And Religious Studies
• 5002 History And Philosophy Of Specific Fields

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

• 10.1007/s11191-010-9310-7

start page

• 701

end page

• 717

volume

• 20

issue

• 7-8

URL

• http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s11191-010-9310-7

user-defined tag

• 4 Quality Education