NSTA - National Science Teachers Association

JCST is now available to NSTA members in a digital version. Same great content, but now NSTA members can read it on the computer as well as the Kindle Fire, Android tablet/phone, and iPad/iPhone. For more information, please go to our digital journals page. Questions? e-mail us at digitaljournals@nsta.org.

A peer-reviewed journal published by the National Science Teachers Association

in this issue:

See our Two-Year Community column for a description of a community college's interdisciplinary seminar course, Life in the Universe, that examines the question of "Are We Alone?" through multiple perspectives. Also read about a physics course for prospective teachers that integrates physics and literacy learning. Concerned about retaining students in STEM majors? Read about a study that examines the relationship between changing the pedagogy from lecture to Peer Instruction in an introductory physics course and student retention in STEM majors.

Featured articles:

• A Case Study: Using Authentic Scientific Data for Teaching and Learning of Ecology
• A Course That Prepares Science Graduate Students to Publish
• Fostering Scientific Thinking by Prospective Teachers in a Course That Integrates Physics and Literacy Learning
• Research and Teaching: Are We Keeping the Promise? Investigation of Students' Critical Thinking Growth
• Research and Teaching: The Science Identity of College Students: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity
• Retaining Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors
• Synthesis for the Interdisciplinary Environmental Sciences: Integrating Systems Approaches and Service Learning
• Free - Using Learning Preferences to Direct Teaching and Balance Academic Performance
• Full Table of Contents
• NSTA Connections (online extensions)

for authors:

• Write for JCST
• JCST Call for Papers
• The Two-Year Community Column: Call for Papers

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