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Editorial: A Community Challenge -- Career Support for Postdocs

Those long in the tooth will remember when a typical postdoc appointment was usually a relatively short hiatus between the completion of a dissertation and a more permanent position. Once finished polishing the work, got a publication or two out of ...

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Teaching with Java Applets: Using Online Demonstrations in Large Classes of Nonscience Majors

Instructors can use interactive Java applets to present science in a concrete and meaningful manner to nonscience majors. This article shows how applets can take the place of laboratory work and gives examples and benefits of using applets....

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Teaching Critical-Thinking Skills Using Course Content Material: A Reversal of Roles

The strategy of getting students to understand science content using critical thinking has been widely used by instructors for decades. The methodology presented here was used to teach and improve critical-thinking skills in an atmosphere that focuse...

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Genes and Race in the Classroom: Science in a Social Context

This article describes a course for nonscience majors that uses the issue of race in humans to stimulate interest in genetics and other sciences. Student outcomes, including valuing and understanding science, plus an ability to discuss the sensitive ...

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The Living Earth: Inviting Students into the World of Scientific Research through Seismology

In an introductory geoscience course, various elements of seismology were combined -- such as seismographs, seismograms, simulation of earthquake processes, and data analysis -- with open-ended problem solving to support preservice elementary teacher...