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		<title>A Better Way To Teach Science: Active Engagement vs. Lecture</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 20 Jun 2011 02:38:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In K-12 classrooms across the globe teachers have been trying their best to teach science via an inquiry-based approach where the student takes an active role in their education, and is given the opportunity to think like a scientist. As  opposed to the traditional science classroom of years gone by where lecturing by the teacher [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Creativity Crisis In America Is It A Result Of How We Teach Science In The Classroom?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Authors Bo Bronson and Ashley Merryman in the July 19th, 2010 issue of Newsweek provide the populous with alarming statistics based on extensive research that has found thatcreativity in America is on the decline. Kyung Hee Kim of the College of William &#38; Mary has analyzed almost 300,000 Torrance scores of children and adults. Kim found [...]]]></description>
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