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Point of View: Death by PowerPoint?

Presentation software is here to stay and, rather than avoid it, the authors recommend its judicious use, particularly for what it does best—provide...

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Inquiry and Connections in Integrated Science Content Courses for Elementary Education Majors

An interdisciplinary team of science and education faculty at the University of Illinois at Chicago and several Chicago-area community colleges develo...

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The Energy Retrofit of a Building: A Journey Through Bloom’s Learning Domains

At Colorado College, the energy retrofit of a building is used as a service-learning research project to teach physics and chemistry in a variety of c...

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Development of a Laboratory Course in Nonmajors General Biology for Distance Education

For distance-education students, the requirement for a laboratory course can present a significant hurdle to completing degree requirements. To better...

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Scaling Up Education Reform

The SCALE-UP (Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment for Undergraduate Programs) project was developed to implement reforms designed for sma...

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Society for College Science Teachers: Trimorphic College Science Professors

In the author’s opinion, there are three significantly different types of science professors. There are professor-instructors, professor-teachers, a...

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A Collaborative Approach to Incorporating Statistics in the Physiology Classroom

Both the National Science Education Standards (NSES) and the National Council of Teachers of Mathematics (NCTM) recommend appropriately incorporating ...

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Research and Teaching: Promoting Rapid Learning in the Histology Laboratory by Integrating Technology

This paper describes the results of incorporating technology in the histology laboratory by using high-resolution video-imaging equipment (VIE). The s...

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Case Study: Sex and Vaccination

This case study is centered upon the recent debate concerning the decision by Texas Governor Rick Perry to mandate the compulsory vaccination of girls...

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Editorial: Research and Teaching Column

The JCST Research and Teaching column will feature sound research on curriculum, pedagogy, and student learning at the college level. Topics of inter...

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Independent Research Projects in General Chemistry Classes as an Introduction to Peer-Reviewed Literature

A well-structured independent literature research project with a poster session was used to introduce students to peer-reviewed literature in a genera...

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Reading Questions in Large-Lecture Courses: Limitations and Unexpected Outcomes

As an alternative to reading quizzes, a team of biochemistry instructors implemented student reading questions (Henderson and Rosenthal 2006) as a new...

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Problem Solving in Biology: A Methodology

A methodology is described that teaches science process by combining informal logic and a heuristic for rating factual reliability. This system facili...

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Society for College Science Teachers: If You Go Down to the Woods Today…

In this month’s column, the author reflects on his childhood experiences of “playing in the woods” and his insatiable love of the outdoors as co...