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Using Supplemental Instruction to Assist Nursing Students in Chemistry: A Mentoring Program's Support Network Protects High-Risk Students at Saint Xavier University

In professional communities of both nurses and chemists, it is widely agreed that chemistry is an essential component of nurses' educational preparation. This article highlights Supplemental Instruction (SI)—one method being applied to enhance nurs...

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Science, Technology, and National Security: Helping Students Explore Vital Connections Between Scientific Knowledge and Public Policy

In this article, the author grafted discussion of scientific ideas onto students' natural enthusiasm for public policy issues and selected scientific concepts as the front end for a course that explores issues in national security. The scientific con...

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Electronic Student Response Found Feasible in Large Science Lecture Hall: Inexpensive, Homemade System Sparks Student Attention and Participation

Science educators have been directing attention to the surprising ineffectiveness of the traditional lecture and with the increasing enrollment are searching for ways to make large lecture classes more efficent. One of the principal ways is to make t...

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Old Wine Into New Bottles: How Traditional Lab Exercises Can Be Converted Into Investigative Ones

The trend in biology labs to move away from the traditional method of teaching to an investigative one is increasing. The object of this is to teach not only the facts but also the process of science. But all techniques and procedures are not equally...