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SCST: Distance Learning—Meeting Our Educational Responsibilities with Technology

In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teaching (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month’s issue focuses on t...

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A Running Inquiry—Nature Asked the Questions During This Jog: Discovering in a Maine Forest a “Call of the Wild”

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue, during a morning jog, the...

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Research and Teaching: Small Group Instruction in Science, Mathematics, Engineering, and Technology—A Discipline Status Report and a Teaching Agenda for the Future

This paper is an attempt to place the recent flurry of activity into context for SMET faculty. It contains nearly 100 resources which may be useful to...

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A Curriculum for Recitation Sections in Introductory Biology: Designing Lesson Plans for TAs that Emphasize Open Communication and Spirited Interaction with Students

Recitation sections are led by a graduate teaching assistant (TA). Introductory biology is often the TAs' first recitation teaching experience, and th...

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Editorial: Undergraduate Education in Science: The Message

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Research and Teaching: Tracking the Modern Geoscience Undergraduate—A University of North Carolina Case Study

Continued decreases in government funding, increasing enrollments, and the demand for accountability and assessment characterize the new landscape of ...

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The Case Study: Is There Life on Mars? Debating the Existence of Extraterrestrial Life in a Classroom Dilemma Case

In this case study, the word has leaked that evidence of life on Mars has been discovered. These findings were publicized in advance of Science magazi...

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Favorite Demonstration: Teaching Chemistry Through Observation—The Exploding Can Demonstration: A Dramatic Demonstration of an Exothermic Reaction

Chemistry teachers are often encountered with the problem of how to introduce students to various subjects in a thought-provoking and insightful manne...

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Facilitating Research Between the Library and the Science Writing Classroom: Introducing Students to the Intricacies of Library Research

The idea that research is a process of continuing exploration and investigation is often a difficult one to instill in college students. Introducing t...