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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...

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Active Learning in the Lecture Hall: A Nonlaboratory Science Course for the Nonscience Major

In this article, the author modified a primarily lecture, general education course for nonscience majors to engage the students in a variety of active learning activities. Students' skills for cooperative learning were developed slowly, beginning wit...

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Editorial: Peacekeeping Technology R&D—A Role for Smaller Science Departments

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....