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Writing a Statement of Teaching Philosophy

Writing a statement of teaching philosophy is a cornerstone of reflective and scholarly practice in teaching and learning. A strategic set of practical and philosophical guidelines, including a definition, elements, and structure of a statement of te...

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Weekly Reports: Student Reflections on Learning

Weekly reports, a structured journal form of formative assessment, allow instructors to receive information from the students, to address students’ difficulties in a timely manner, and to alter their instruction based on the students’ needs. In a...

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Research and Teaching: Practical Considerations for Assessing Inquiry-Based Instruction

Research shows that inquiry learning promotes achievement and positive student attitudes toward science. One obstacle to implementing inquiry learning, however, is the development and use of appropriate assessments. This difficulty can be eased by ta...

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Students as Storytellers

Students enrolled in an Enhanced Bioscience Education (EBE) program maintained two documents: a group notebook to record observations made in the bioscience laboratory and a personal journal to note reactions to the literature read in the humanities ...

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Acting Out Science

Role-playing is an effective summative activity that aids student learning and integrates science information and concepts. The authors describe the use of a role-play activity. Senate hearings centered around the theme of global climate change, and ...

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Can Problem-based Instruction Stimulate Higher Order Thinking?

One of two Instrumental Analysis Laboratory sections at Northern Arizona University was converted from its traditional format into a problem-based format, adding elements of authentic, investigative, and cooperative learning. The project was conceive...

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Making the Grade

This article describes a novel approach to evaluating students in a seminar-style science course. The approach involves students in the design of the assessment instrument and a defense of their own performance using the instrument, taking student pe...

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The Case Study: Science, Law, and the Pursuit of Knowledge

Science and law are institutions for developing, testing, justifying, and authorizing belief, yet are often viewed as two different ways of knowing. Although science and law both claim to be based on “facts,” their facts are disclosed in differen...

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The Campus Ecosystem Model

Interdisciplinary teaching, research experience, and active, collaborative strategies have all been identified as practices highly favorable to the learning process. By using the university campus as the focus for the study of the entire watershed wi...

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Evaluating College Science and Mathematics Instruction

This paper reports evaluative data on five courses that have taken part in a curriculum reform effort called the Arizona Collaborative for Excellence in the Preparation of Teachers. Primarily through summer faculty workshops, teaching reforms advocat...