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"Clicker" Cases: Introducing Case Study Teaching Into Large Classrooms
Case study teaching is difficult in large classes, especially in fixed-seat ampitheaters. The development of audience response systems, or "clickers," for use in classrooms has opened up exciting new possibilities for creating and implementing inter...
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The case study method can be an effective pedagogy to address the problems in science education. The National Research Council has identified three principals about how students learn science in the classroom. First, we must address students' prio...
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Variations on an Historical Case Study: The Extraordinary Accident of Isidro Mejia
Activities using the same historical case study can be designed for courses of varying degrees of proficiency by altering the format to suit each academic level. The case of Isidro Mejia, a construction worker who had six nails accidently shot into...
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Case Studies Add Value to a Diverse Teaching Portfolio in Science Courses
Together with lectures and labs, case studies assist students in acquiring content knowledge, process skills, and an understanding of the context and application of science to their daily lives. Cases make the process of scientific learning more gen...
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Using a Strategic Planning Tool as a Framework for Case Analysis
In this article, the authors describe how they use a strategic planning tool known as SWOT as a framework for case analysis, using it to analyze the strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats of public works projects intended to enhance region...
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Promoting Discussion in the Science Classroom Using Gallery Walks
A gallery walk is a discussion technique that gets students out of their chairs and actively involved in synthesizing important science concepts, writing, and public speaking. The technique also cultivates listening and team-building skills. This p...
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Using Student Peer Review of Experiement Reports in an Undergraduate Physics Class
A class centered on student design of experiments and peer review of the resulting reports is described. Thirteen students in an honors seminar section of an introductory physics class designed experiments to test various types of paranormal phenome...
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A Message from the NSTA President: Quality Science Teachers -- Essential to America's Future
Our nation has begun to take science and the accomplishments of scientists in the United States for granted. The telephone, airplane, automobile, electric power, atomic fuel, vaccine, transplants, medicines--all of the discoveries of the past century...
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Research and Teaching: Factors Influencing College Science Success
As college science teachers, our work is reflected in the achievement of our students. Their success in achieving course goals is our success, and their failure, ours. Predicting course grades is big business. From the perspective of college scien...