All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Research and Teaching: The Science Identity of College Students: Exploring the Intersection of Gender, Race, and Ethnicity

This study explores students' self-perceptions across science subjects by gender and underrepresented minority group membership....

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Two-Year Community: Life in the Universe: An Interdisciplinary Seminar Course

This article describes highlights of a community college's 15-week interdisciplinary seminar course, Life in the Universe, including students' perceptions of the course elements....

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Using Learning Preferences to Direct Teaching and Balance Academic Performance

The author uses the Index of Learning Styles in his Introductory Biology class and finds a link between academic performance in the laboratory and learning preference scores....

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A Course That Prepares Science Graduate Students to Publish

This article addresses key questions about a course that prepares graduate students in the sciences to publish research in a timely fashion, grounding them in the processes of academic publishing....

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Retaining Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors

This article presents results relating undergraduate student retention in STEM majors to the use of Peer Instruction (PI) in an introductory physics course at a highly selective research institution. The authors compare the percentages of students wh...

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Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effects of Prior Conceptions on Learning Gene Expression

Gene expression is a highly theoretical concept that requires advanced reasoning skills to comprehend. Often, students receive instruction but fail to replace prior conceptions and thus do not benefit. To investigate the reason for this failure, we u...

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Case Study: Applying Newton's Third Law of Motion in the Gravitron Ride

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue students learn about centripetal and frictional forces through a case study i...

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In Pursuit of Sustainable STEM Certification Programs

This article investigates the impact of a unique prescholarship internship available to freshman and sophomore science majors who are exploring the possibility of becoming secondary STEM teachers....

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Point of View: The Scientific Method: Reality or Myth?

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue talks about the flaws of the scientific method....

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Utility of Self-Made Crossword Puzzles as an Active Learning Method to Study Biochemistry in Undergraduate Education

To incorporate an active learning component in a one-semester biochemistry course, students were asked to create crossword puzzles using key concepts. A majority of the students felt that the puzzles enhanced their learning of biochemical concepts....