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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Science Students’ Attitudes Toward and Approaches to Scientific Reading and Writing

In this study, a cohort of final-year undergraduate science students were surveyed to examine whether they fully read journal articles, including whether they seek to understand how the results support the conclusions. Their writing was also examined...

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Research and Teaching: Association of Summer Bridge Program Outcomes With STEM Retention of Targeted Demographic Groups

Retention of students to science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) major has been studied for four cohorts participating in a summer bridge program supported by the National Science Foundation. Students participated in a 6-week program...

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Point of View: How Important Is Achieving Equity in Undergraduate STEM Education to You?

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue the authors make a case for their belief that significant progress toward equity and inclusion will only be achieved when evid...

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Two-Year Community: Time for Action: Vision and Change Implementation in an Online Biology Course at a Community College

The authors discuss an Introduction to Biology course they created. The course was designed by following the recommendations from the Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: A Call to Action report, which stresses the need for engaging ...

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Case Study: Feeling Detoxified: Expectations, Effects, and Explanations

The idea for this case study came about after a student described her experience at a spa with an ionic foot bath. The student was skeptical about the explanation provided to her about the underlying mechanism of the foot bath and wished to know mor...