ASEJ Back Issues

Contents:

Right Time, Wrong Place? Teaching About Climate Change in Alberta Schools
The Role of Educators in Increasing Public Certainty in Climate Change Science
Using Climate Change to Create Rich Contexts for Physics and Chemistry Education
Why Scientific Literacy Must Be a Focus of Science Education
Nature of Science or Nature of Reality: What is the Purpose of Science Education?
Usefulness of Nature of Science, Socioscientific Issues and Argumentation in Achieving Scientific Literacy
Who are these Scientist People Anyway? Student Images of Scientists and Ways to Broaden Them
Millsap and the Psychosexual Equivalent of Heat

Vol. 41, No. 1 January 2011 (PDF, 1.1MB)

Special Issue: More CRYSTAL-Alberta

Contents:

From Indigenous Science Examples to Indigenous Science Perspectives
Using Adapted Primary Literature to Teach High School Science
Teaching Scientific Inquiry Using Science Trade Books
Visualization in Science Education
Fostering Scientific Vocabulary Learning: A Closer Look at Science Trade Books in K-6 Classrooms
Concepts of Evidence in High School Chemistry Textbooks

Vol. 40 No. 2, December 2009 (PDF, 3.1 MB)

Contents:

An Evolutionary Approach to Assessing Online Learning
Constructivism in Professional Development: A Case for Capacity Building
The ALTA Cosmic Ray Project - Lessons Learned
Teaching and Learning Technological Problem-Solving Skills
Personal Assistants
A Few Basic Principles about Comfort and Natural Climatization in Buildings
Millsap, the Fitness Buff

Vol. 40 No. 1, September 2009 (PDF, 1.4 MB)

Special Issue: CRYSTAL-Alberta

Contents:

Using Applets to Teach Modern Physics
Information to Go: How High School Students Find Information
Hybrid Adapted Primary Literature: A Strategy to Support Elementary Students in Reading about Scientific Inquiry
Classroom Chemistry: Considering Small, Unseen Particles

Vol. 39 No. 2, March 2009 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Special Issue: More Research and Writing in Science Education of Interest to Those New in the Profession

Contents:

Procedural Knowledge Versus Conceptual Knowledge: Exploring Student Understanding of Voltaic Cells
Why Analogical Reasoning Deserves a Central Place in the Science Classroom and Beyond
Support Leadership and Reflection to support Multicultural Approaches in Science Education
The Science of Space: Creating a Classroom Culture for Science Learning
Tell Me What you Know: Learning to Write in Science

Vol. 39 No. 1, February 2008 (PDF, 1.6 MB)

Contents:

Problem Based Learning
Problem Solving Through Technology
Scientific Ethics and Authorship of Scientific Papers
From Physics to the Bomb
Millsap and the God Particle
Millsap and the Grumpy Physicist

Vol. 38 No. 2, December 2007 (PDF, 699 KB)

Special Issue: Research and Writing in Science Education of Interest to Those New to the Profession

Contents:

Research and Representations of Inquiry in Science Teaching and Learning
Distinguishing Inquiry from Design in Children's Nonfiction Science Trade Books
Supporting Inquiry in the Elementary Classroom: The Role of Scientific Argument
Searching for a Science Motive: Community, Imagery and Agency
Scaffolding Students Toward Self-Directed Science Inquiry Projects

Vol. 38 No. 1, November 2006 (PDF, 275 KB)

Contents:

Interactive Starters and Closures for Deep Learning
Will an Improved Understanding of Nature of Science (NOS) Improve Elementary Teachers' Self-Efficacy in Science Teaching? A Call for Research
Three Classroom Strategies for Teaching About the Nature of Science
Argument and Conceptual Change
Professional Development in Elementary Science: New Conversations Guiding New Approaches in Teachers' Work and Learning
Predatory Academics
Millsap and the "Ninth" Planet

Vol. 37, No. 2, February 2006 (PDF, 583 KB)

Contents:

Using Computers to Evaluate Teachers' Understanding of Physics Concepts
Science and Religion: A New Dialogue?
Albert Einstein and Mileva Maric: A Centenary Overview
The Past and the Future of Elementary Science Curriculum in Alberta
Electricity
Approaches to Reciprocal Teaching in Science Education: A Questions-Based Approach

Vol. 37, No. 1, March 2005 (PDF, 903 KB)

Bertram Millsap Series Reprints

Contents:

A New Scientific Skill
With or Without Cream
Serendipity
Irrelevancies
Fire at the Millsap Residence
The Millsap Meterorite Residence
The Millsap Meteorite
Can You Hear the Northern Lights?
Rainbows
Twenty Minutes of My Time
Skipping Stones and Space Shuttles
Relativity Disproved
Physicists are Arrogant?

Vol. 36 No. 2, September 2004 (PDF, 617 KB)

Special Issue: Physics Education

Contents:

The Unpopularity of Physics
A New Perspective for Teaching Physics in the 21st Century
Disadvantages of Traditional Physics Teaching and a New Way to Teach Problem Solving for Conceptual Understanding
Engagement Enhances Interest in Physics
Is Conceptual Change in Science Possible?
Obsession with g: A Metacognitive Reflection on a Laboratory Episode
How to Make the Teaching of Heat Transfer More Effective
Reflection on Learning About Forces
Helping Students Understand the Particulate Nature of Matter