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Two-Year Community: Examination of the Effects of a Watershed Project

The author of this article has involved students in a long-term watershed study, the purpose of which is to encourage interest in scientific inquiry and protection of the local environment. To determine the effect of the watershed study on learning o...

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Case Study: Sick on a South American Sugarcane Plantation

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 describes an interrupted case study designed for use in an undergraduate microbi...

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Research and Teaching: Principles, First and Foremost: A Tool for Understanding Biological Processes

The authors developed an instructional model that focused on using principles first, foremost, and as tools in a wide variety of contexts. We focused especially on changes in matter and energy in processes that involve carbon in living systems....

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Research and Teaching: Collaborative Testing: Evidence of Learning in a Controlled In-Class Study of Undergraduate Students

In this article the authors compare two-stage collaborative testing with individual testing to determine which format has a greater effect on student learning in an undergraduate Earth and Ocean Science course....