All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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The Case Study: Professional Development Cases

A professional development case in college science teaching bridges the gap between educational theory and practice. A good case poses an interesting dilemma involving instructors, students, and administrators. Case discussions can help instructors...

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The Case Study: E-Mail From Socrates

Humans are storytelling animals that learn best when things are put into an experience or story. Teachers seem to think they can just lecture about the principles that they believe govern the world and the students will remember them. This is in sp...

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Models for Integrating Technology in Higher Education: The Physics of Sound

Institutions that place laptops in the hands of every student offer unique opportunities to integrate technology into instruction. The following is a description of how various technologies have been introduced into a new undergraduate physics cours...

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Favorite Demonstration: One Hot Demonstration -- The Urban Heat Island Effect

Demonstrations are most successful as a teaching tool when they can link a scientific principle to a real-life application of the knowledge. When posed as an inquiry activity, classroom demonstrations reinforce factual retention and facilitate the u...

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Knowledge Retention of Exercise Physiology Content Between Athletes and Nonathletes

Based on the idea that learning is linked to personal relevance, this study examined knowledge retention of exercise physiology content between college athletes and nonathletes. No differences were observed between the groups. These findings have i...

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Reading Questions: Encouraging Students to Read the Text Before Coming to Class

College science teachers know that students get the most out of class if they have completed the assigned reading. To reinforce this expectation, we ask our introductory physics students to submit a question they had about reading. In this paper we...

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The Distant Exploration of Wolves: Using Technology to Explore Student Questions About Wolves

Radio telemetry data available via the internet are used to facilitate long-term inquiry projects. Through these projects, students gain a deeper understanding of specific inquiry and the nature of science, while developing their own questions and p...

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Research and Teaching: Assessment Results Following Inquiry and Traditional Physics Laboratory Activities

Preservice elementary teachers in a conceptual physics course were given multiple resources to use during several inquiry activities in order to investigate how materials were chosen, used, and valued. These students performed significantly better o...

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Society for College Science Teachers: What They Don't Know

When you read the title, your first thought it was probably about the undergraduates you are teaching and perhaps some "common scientific knowledge" that they should have acquired in high school. Perhaps you started lamenting about the reading, writ...