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A Visual Approach to Helping Instructors Integrate, Document, and Refine Active Learning

This article describes a visual approach to integrating observational data into self-evaluation and peer review of teaching, practices that can lead to adoption of evidence-based active-learning strategies in STEM. This approach was designed to be im...

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Calling on Students Using Notecards: Engagement and Countering Communication Anxiety in Large Lecture

Engaging students, checking for understanding, and encouraging oral participation are ongoing pedagogical challenges in large lecture courses. In this study, the instructor used notecard-facilitated cold-calling as a means of encouraging attendance a...

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Anthropogenic Climate Change in Undergraduate Marine and Environmental Science Programs in the United States

To develop a context for program-level design decisions pertaining to anthropogenic climate change, the authors studied the prevalence of courses focused on human-induced climate change in undergraduate marine science and environmental science degre...

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A Geometric Model to Teach Nature of Science, Science Practices, and Metacognition

Using the science practice model in science classes for preservice teachers addresses three important aspects of science teacher preparation: teaching the nonlinear nature of scientific process, using scientific practices rather than the ambiguous te...

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Integrating Leadership Development Throughout the Undergraduate Science Curriculum

This article discusses the STEM (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) Teaching and Research (STAR) Leadership Program, developed at Austin College, which engages students in activities integrated into undergraduate STEM courses that pro...

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Research and Teaching: Instructor Use of Group Active Learning in an Introductory Biology Sequence

Active learning (or learner-centered) pedagogies have been shown to enhance student learning in introductory biology courses. Student collaboration has also been shown to enhance student learning and may be a critical part of effective active learni...

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Research and Teaching: Transforming Discussion in General Chemistry With Authentic Experiences for Engineering Students

Undergraduate engineering education in the United States is in need of reform that addresses the recruitment and retention of a diverse population of students. Change Chem is a curriculum reform model that has been created to address this issue for f...

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Point of View: The USS Dallas: Where Science and Technology Count

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue describes a tour of a fast attack submarine based in New London, Connecticut, to get a better understanding of its working enviro...

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Case Study: Science, Pseudoscience, and Nonsense

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue discusses scientific illiteracy and a course designed to combat this problem....