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Case Study: Feeling Detoxified: Expectations, Effects, and Explanations

The idea for this case study came about after a student described her experience at a spa with an ionic foot bath. The student was skeptical about the explanation provided to her about the underlying mechanism of the foot bath and wished to know mor...

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Strategies to Recruit and Retain Students in Physical Science and Mathematics on a Diverse College Campus

This article presents implementation details and findings of a National Science Foundation Scholarship in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Program (S-STEM) consisting of many high-impact practices to recruit and retain students in t...

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Two Wrongs Make a Right: Using Pseudoscience and Reasoning Fallacies to Complement Primary Literature

Undergraduate science students benefit greatly by learning to read and interpret primary research articles. However, once they obtain a level of competence in analyzing primary literature and develop a better understanding of the nature of science, t...

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Ways to Include Global Climate Change in Courses for Prospective Teachers

What responsibility do science teacher educators have for engaging students in learning about global climate change in courses? How can the topic of global climate change be added to an already packed course curriculum? The authors have begun assembl...