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The use of integrated science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction has the affordances of combining harmonious content area co...
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An Improved Design for In-Class Review
We present the theory and implementation of a review strategy based on testing rather than lecturing. We also show the results of a beginning-of-cours...
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Two-Year Community: Integrating Reading Skills in an Introductory Science Classroom
Typically science textbooks communicate information in a discipline-specific manner. To read an average science textbook, students need to understand ...
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Case Study: The 20/80% Rule: Presentation Is the Key
There are a million things that we do in the classroom every day that make or break a lesson. Just as there are good ways to give a lecture, there is ...
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The learning goals of a lower division honors course, Science as a Way of Knowing, include critical thinking, scientific literacy, quantitative reason...
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Research and Teaching: During POGIL Implementation the Professor Still Makes a Difference
One common notion is that all classrooms using Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning (POGIL) are the same. Though POGIL has essential components, t...
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Despite the large body of evidence that indicates activity-based instruction is more effective than lecture-only instruction, for the purpose of workl...
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To make our general education biology course for nonmajors more relevant and engaging, we recently implemented an instructional approach featuring col...
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Large-enrollment undergraduate science courses are often seen as “gatekeepers” and tend to support less-than-ideal pedagogical approaches. Student...
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As science teacher educators attempt to prepare teachers to underscore the aims of the Next Generation Science Standards alongside the Common Core Sta...
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Helping Students Save: Assigning Textbooks Early Can Save Money and Enhance Learning
Education costs, especially textbook prices, are outpacing inflation and becoming a serious financial burden for college students. Because student tex...