All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Undergraduate elementary education majors participate in an interdisciplinary course focused on modeling scientific systems. Students’ applications of three artificial intelligence concepts used in modeling scientific systems were investigated befo...

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Computers in Science

Computers can be used as a focal point in a course introducing various scientific fields and underscoring the interdisciplinary nature of science. This article presents the objectives, pedagogy, resources, student evaluations of success, and author�...

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Ecology on Campus

A laboratory exercise for an introductory environmental course was developed to give students service learning opportunities and to gather environmental data on academic buildings. This project was a valuable assessment tool for the university as wel...

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The Case Study: Senior Seminar

Incorporating a case study format into a senior seminar course is a novel method of teaching the components of a successful seminar. Within this format, seminar presenters familiarize their audience with relevant background information, present a cas...

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Research and Teaching: Graduate Students as Middle School Content Experts

This article describes how an NSF project sponsors graduate students who provide rich science content expertise for middle school teachers and their students and simultaneously gives these graduate students extensive exposure and understanding of the...

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Modeling Multidisciplinary Science

A common research theme was incorporated into several biology and chemistry courses. Students in participating courses carry out different but complementary experiments and share their results in a poster session. These laboratory experiences are ong...

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Undergraduate Marine Research

Science and nonscience majors work together in a remote field setting on authentic marine research projects supervised by faculty from multiple disciplines and institutions. In the process, they learn science by doing science, gain research and logis...