NSTA - National Science Teachers Association

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

in this issue:

Concerned that your students aren't being introduced to the newest research? Find out how scientific abstracts can be incorporated into course instruction to overcome deficits in materials and improve active learning. Read how one professor used an online writing software tool to increase student confidence in their own writing. See how a paper-airplane design task was used to incorporate scientific inquiry into a college classroom. All these topics and more can be found in this month's issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching.

Featured articles:

• Calibrated Peer Review Essays Increase Student Confidence in Assessing Their Own Writing
• Engaging Undergraduates Through Interdisciplinary Research in Nanotechnology
• Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses
• Long-Term Impact of Service Learning in Environmental Studies
• Looking Back to Move Ahead: How Students Learn Geologic Time by Predicting Future Environmental Impacts
• Research and Teaching: Literacy Strategies Build Connections Between Introductory Biology Laboratories and Lecture Concepts
• Research and Teaching: Scientific Inquiry in the Genetics Laboratory: Biologists and University Science Teacher Educators Collaborating to Increase Engagement in Science Processes
• Research and Teaching: Surveying Science Literacy Among Undergraduates: Insights From Open-Ended Responses
• Free - Transformative Professional Development: Inquiry-Based College Science Teaching Institutes
• Two Paper Airplane Design Challenges: Customizing for Different Learning Objectives
• Full Table of Contents
• NSTA Connections (online extensions)

for authors:

• Contributing to this peer-reviewed journal
• Call for papers

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