All Journal of College Science Teaching resources
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Classroom demonstrations and hands-on modeling of abstract scientific concepts represent pedagogical strategies that are often overlooked in college s...
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Case Study: A Question of Responsibility—Whose Asbestos Caused Her Lung Disease?
This actual lawsuit, tried in 2006 in Madison County, Illinois, provided the inspiration for a case used in a Physical Geology course. The case is use...
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Active learning is a teaching methodology with a focus on student-centered learning that engages students in the educational process. This study imple...
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Development of a Valid and Reliable Student-Achievement and Process-Skills Instrument
Development of a research instrument to measure student achievement requires planning and reliability and validity testing before the instrument is us...
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Scientific Research for Undergraduate Students: A Review of the Literature
Engaging students in authentic scientific research has become an important component of undergraduate science education at many institutions. The purp...
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Society for College Science Teachers: Perpetually Updating
Keeping current with the research in science education is as important as keeping current in discipline-specific research. The Society for College Sci...
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University Facilities as Real-World Foci of Multidisciplinary Science Learning
The authors sought to better approximate the practice of “real” science in our classrooms by having students study a newly built storm-water remed...
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In October of 2009, the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineer (CEOSE) held a symposium on Women of Color in STEM (science, technolo...
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A Writing and Ethics Component for a Quantum Mechanics, Physical Chemistry Course
A writing-across-the-curriculum and ethics component is presented for a second-semester, physical chemistry course. The activity involves introducing ...