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Online Class Review: Using Streaming-Media Technology
This article presents an automated system that allows students to replay both audio and video from a large nonmajors’ organic chemistry class as streaming RealMedia. Once established, this system requires no technical intervention and is virtually ...
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Point of View: Civic Engagement in the Science Classroom
Science educators are well-positioned to incorporate civic engagement into the classroom by the natural suitability of the subject matter. There are many ways that we may engage students in community matters to encourage civic involvement and broaden...
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Teaching With Jazz: Using Multiple Cases to Teach Introductory Biology
Case studies challenge students to think, to process ideas at a higher and more complex cognitive level, and to experience science as a process rather than as a collection of facts. This article describes an introductory biology course sequence that...
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Kermit to Kermette? Does the Herbicide Atrazine Feminize Male Frogs?
This interrupted case study, developed for an honors seminar and a nonmajors chemistry course, is based on data taken from a series of published research articles. The case explores the unintended side effects of chemicals introduced into the enviro...
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Science and Social Justice: Making the Case for Case Studies
Incorporating social justice into science curricula can attract and maintain the interest of students who shy away from science because of a lack of immediate relevance or role models, and permits them to make connections between what they learn in t...
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Editorial: Teaching With Cases -- Let Me Count the Ways
We're back, with yet another issue on the case study method of teaching. It's a method we think has expanding possibilities, especiallially in its application to science education. The use of stories to educate students has existed for thousands of...