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Connecting Mathematics and Science: A Learning Community That Helps Math-Phobic Students
Many undergraduate students admit to having a fear of math courses. To address this issue, the authors created a learning community that teaches math content in the context of science. This paper outlines the positive learning and dispositional resul...
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And the Winners Are… Award-Winning Science Books of 2008
Most people are probably familiar with major literary awards such as the Nobel Prize for Literature, Pulitzer Prizes, National Book Awards, Booker Prizes, and the Caldecott and Newbery awards for children’s literature. Unfortunately, few of the boo...
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Point of View: A Curious Thing Happened On The Way To Constructivism…
In this article, the author makes a case for including interpersonal-skill development into the instructional preparation for future professors and other educators. ...
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The research reported here documents scientists’ changing practices and attitudes concerning college teaching. Graduate students and postdoctoral scientists participated in long-term, inquiry-based teaching professional development while maintainin...
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Introducing Scientific Writing to Students Early in Their Academic Careers
In a key activity of a scientific-writing program that has been incorporated into a 100-level chemistry course, students analyze a journal-style write-up of an experiment that requires little scientific background to understand—the baking of chocol...
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Factors Influencing Undergraduate Student-Teacher Interactions
A survey was conducted with undergraduate students, ranging from freshmen to seniors, who are currently enrolled at Philadelphia University to identify variables affecting classroom interactions. Data were examined using a commercially available stat...
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College Students’ Opinions of Engaging Approaches in a Physical Science Course
Physical science courses have historically been taught from a variety of perspectives or emphases. In many cases, the instructor decides on the perspective and textbook for nonscience majors, so students rarely have a voice in the decision. This top-...
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Class Research Projects in Ecology Courses: Methods to “Un-can” the Experience
Research-like experiences range from relatively “canned” labs that are highly controlled by the instructor (such as those described in Lord and Orkwiszewski 2006) to more individually designed projects (e.g., Switzer and Shriner 2000; Wyatt 2005)...
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Assessment is an important component for quantifying learning in higher education. With the current trends at the state and federal level, what’s now merely encouraged may soon become a mandate. This article contains concise guidelines with example...
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Learning Science While Constructing Learning Teams
Many science educators are proponents of cooperative learning, but struggle to find equitable and effective ways to build groups. In this article, the author describes her method for forming heterogeneous cooperative learning groups that is not only ...
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Research and Teaching: What Do Help Sessions Accomplish in Introductory Science Courses?
Students who attended every help session earned significantly higher scores on corresponding exams than students who attended no help sessions. Students who attended some help sessions earned intermediate exam scores, and their exam scores after atte...
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The word sort is just 1 of 30 active-learning and critical-thinking strategies that was implemented into a community college nutrition course over an academic year (two semesters) during a mixed-design research study. The authors wanted to know if a ...