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FORUM for Case Study Learning

Journal articles are the fundamental building blocks of the edifice of science. Students learn the necessary skills and confidence to read primary research literature by working in groups in a computer conference. This model for analyzing research pa...

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"Stream"-lined Education

Using three active-learning strategies (i.e., teaming, opening, and linking), students perform a series of molecular biology experiments (i.e., transformation, miniprep, and electrophoresis) to identify unknown plasmid DNA. The presented model combin...

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Research and Teaching: Persisting Misconceptions

A content-based test instrument administered to a large class of general biology students as pre- and post-tests revealed that knowledge was gained after the semester. A misconception index calculated from these data served to identify specific misco...

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Shrinking Science

Watch student interest grow as they shrink down everyday items in this study of thermoplastics. ...