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Current Pedagogy Research

May/June 2026

Volume 55, Number 3

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Latest Open Access Articles:

Learning Gains Associated with a Novel Approach to Undergraduate Research: Benefits of a Course-Like Undergraduate Research Experience (CLURE)
Coteaching to Bridge the Gap Between Introductory-Level and Upper-Division Biology Courses at a Four-Year Institution
Belonging and Gender in Four Student-Centered STEM Courses
Saying It Aloud: Inclusive Teaching Statements Impact on Sense of Belonging and Engagement
Improving the Capstone Biochemistry Lab and Evolution to a Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience: Lessons Learned from the COVID-19 Online Modality
Leveraging Micro-Credentialing to Foster Interdisciplinary Learning in First-Year Biology and Chemistry Lab Courses: The DUCKs Approach

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Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2023

January/February 2023 Volume 52, Number 3 This issue of JCST offers a study that investigated how stress related to the COVID-19 disruption of the spring 2020 semester affected TAs’ self-efficacy. The results of the study are discussed in rel...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—July/August 2022

Volume 51, Number 6 This issue of JCST Research and Teaching column includes: an interesting interdisciplinary look at using arts-integrated professional development to enhance environmental education; a study showing that computer-based exams d...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—May/June 2022

Volume 51 Number 4 This month’s issue of features interdisciplinary lessons for teaching energy and entropy, self-regulated learning strategies for an introductory physics course, an investigation of elementary pre-service teachers’ belie...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—March/April 2022

March/April 2022 Volume 51, Number 4 This issue of JCST continues to focus on virtual learning, offering features such as: A Perfect Storm: How Differences in Privilege and Power Can Lead to Subtle but Potent Inequities in STEM Education ...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2022

Volume 51, Number 3 This issue includes a special section on the shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic. ...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 2021

Volume 51, Number 1 September/October 2021 This issue of JCST focuses on online teaching and the Covid-19 pandemic. Features include an examination of virtual science lessons using the 4E model; a survey of student opinion on the switch to vi...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—July/August 2021

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Journal of College Science Teaching—March/April 2021

Volume 50, Number 4 In this issue, we start with an editorial from our Advisory Board on the importance of STEM fields as a conduit of education and the public’s view on the current pandemic....

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Journal of College Science Teaching—November/December 2020

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Journal of College Science Teaching—November/December 2019

In this issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching, learn about how a large southeastern university developed specialized science training for elementary preservice teachers. Discover how a course for first-year science majors encourages STEM p...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—September/October 2019

In this issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching, find out how you can use mobile devices in a nonscience majors biology course. Read about the effects of Undergraduate Research Experiences on educational and career paths. And learn about an ...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—July/August 2019

In this issue of the Journal of College Science Teaching, find out how you can develop partner-ships between two-year colleges and four-year institutions. Read about environmental enrichment programs for STEM learning. And learn how you can increase ...

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Journal of College Science Teaching—May/June 2015

See the Two-Year Community column to learn how one group of authors integrated reading and comprehension skills in an introductory biology course for students requiring biology remediation in a community college. Another article explores whether larg...

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