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Student Impressions of Academic Cell Phone Use in the Classroom

The study described in this article was designed to assess the perspective of students regarding the use of cell phones as academic tools in the classroom....

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Assessment: Can It Lead to a Better Course Design?

Biology faculty at one college took the initiative to develop its own assessment tool for an introductory biology course. The goal was to evaluate student achievement in the course and detect methods for improving the course....

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Early Exposure to Research: Outcomes of the ASTER Certification Program

This article describes a novel structure for providing a high-impact, first-year experience for science students. ASTER (Access to Science Through Experience in Research) is an extracurricular certification program designed to introduce students to t...

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Unexpected Outcomes: Impacting Higher Education Teaching Practice via High School Outreach

This article describes a four-year project directed by the American Society of Human Genetics from 2007 to 2010 and funded by the National Science Foundation established a network of 70 geneticist-teacher partnerships, each of which developed and imp...

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Content-Intensive Courses in an Undergraduate Science Education Minor and Impacts on Participating Students

The California Teach Program at the University of California, San Diego, recruits and prepares undergraduates interested in teaching science and mathematics. One of the products of the program is a set of courses taught by faculty in science discipli...

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Bridging the Divide Between Science and Education: Lessons From a Fruitful Collaboration

This study describes the California Teach formula for success, which includes five key ingredients: (1) mutual benefits, (2) recognition of distinct sets of expertise, (3) agreement on core principles, (4) willingness to negotiate, and (5) strong lea...

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Guest Editorial: Career Readiness: An Old Idea Revived?

An opinion piece about the different aspects of career readiness....