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Why Is It Important for Students to Understand How Scientific Decisions are Made? ‘If You Don’t Understand How Scientists Decide What Makes One Claim More Believable, Then It’s Actually Very Hard to Understand Science,’ Says STEM Education Department Head William Sandoval
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Professor of Science Education Soonhye Park Receives Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professorship Award
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Associate Professor K.C. Busch Receives NARST 2024 Early Career Research Award
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Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Meg Blanchard Working on Collaborative Project to Develop New Short-Wave Infrared Light Camera
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Meet Our Incoming Students: 3 Of Our Newest Teaching Fellows
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Meet Our Incoming Students: Our Newest Goodnight Scholars
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Futurity: To Get Kids into Science, Engage with the Whole Family
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Professor Carla C. Johnson Receives 2022 Outstanding Engagement Award, Alumni Outstanding Extension and Outreach Award
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Alumni Distinguished Graduate Professor Gail Jones’ FAME Project Honored with Partnership Award from North Carolina Science, Mathematics, and Technology Education Center
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