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Finding Science Past and Present: Universiteitsmuseum and Oude Hortus

Although the Universiteitsmuseum, Utrecht University Museum, was founded in 1936, its roots reach much deeper. The museum showcases the University of Utrecht from its beginning in 1636. Collections contain artifacts from education and research accomp...

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Synthesizing Scientific Knowledge

Using the evolution of the universe as an organizing concept framework allows for a natural synthesis of all scientific knowledge. With this concept as a foundation, the author developed a curriculum that provides nonscience majors with a coherent sc...

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Research and Teaching: Expectations and Difficulties of First-Year Biology Students

In a study done at Tel-Aviv University, Israel, the author tracked 410 students who majored in biological sciences. He focused on different variables, such as students’ preferred instructional methods and learning styles, expectations from learning...

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The Case Study: The Case of the Dividing Cell—Mitosis and Meiosis in the Cellular Court (Part II—Court is Back in Session)

The jury filed back into the courtroom, hardly visible to the spectators seated on the benches. Their tiny prokaryotic bodies seemed to bounce along to some inner music. There had been 3 days of testimony and the jury had become comfortable with the ...

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Preparing Undergraduate Women for Science Careers

To learn more about how the barriers women in science face can be eased or circumvented, the authors examined how an undergraduate research program prepared female undergraduates for science careers. The skills, confidence, and increased motivation t...

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Linking Environmental Science Students to External Community Partners

This article describes a course that integrates environmental science students into local community organizations. Despite initially high expectations, students who completed the course held negative opinions about their experience because of inadequ...

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Science for Elementary Educators

Science for Elementary Educators is a multidisciplinary, interactive learning course developed for the science instruction of childhood education majors. The course described here is a model for science education reform that requires relatively few r...

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Favorite Demonstration: Practical Skeptical Thinking

Gallup polls consistently indicate that substantial percentages of adult Americans harbor paranormal beliefs (Gallup and Newport 1991; Gallup 1997). A key to helping students apply the habits of mind used in science class is to model the processes of...