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Science 2.0: Start Your App Search With a Question
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This column shares web tools that support learning. This month’s issue discusses how to decide which types of apps to use when teaching science.
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The Green Room: Air Pollution in the Developing World
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This column focuses on making your teaching more environmentally friendly. This month’s issue describes where to find ideas for classroom activities about air pollution.
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Health Wise: Debunking Health-Related Myths
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Career of the Month: Data Analyst
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This column shares interviews with professionals using science in the workplace. This month’s issue describes Dean Judson's career path to becoming a data analyst.
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Safer Science: Heightened Risks
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This column provides best safety practices for the science classroom and laboratory. This month’s issue discusses how to work safely when using elevated and potentially dangerous locations.
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Are "New Building" Learning Gains Sustainable?
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New science facilities have become a reality on many college campuses in the last few decades. Large time investments in creating shared programmatic vision and designing flexible spaces, partnered with large fiscal…
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Assessing the Readability of Geoscience Textbooks, Laboratory Manuals, and Supplemental Materials
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Reading materials used in undergraduate science classes have not received the same attention in the literature as those used in secondary schools. Additionally, reports critical of college textbooks and their prose are…
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Many science educators know of the pedagogical benefits of inquiry- and research-based labs, yet numerous barriers to implementation exist. In this article we describe a faculty development workshop that explored…
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This article describes how a Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) program was implemented in a first-year, undergraduate Anatomy and Physiology course sequence to examine the student perceptions of the program and determine…
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Many educators support the idea that science requires a specific set of literacy skills and that all students should be equipped with those skills to become scientifically literate; however, this challenge requires…
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Targeted Courses in Inquiry Science for Future Elementary School Teachers
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This study reports on targeted science courses for undergraduate childhood education majors. We describe an inquiry-oriented, threecourse sequence spanning physical, life, and environmental science. All three courses…
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The authors describe a collaborative group-testing strategy implemented and studied in undergraduate science classes. This project investigated how the assessment strategy relates to student performance and perceptions…
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The authors developed a classroom observation protocol for quantitatively measuring student engagement in large university classes. The Behavioral Engagement Related to instruction (BERI) protocol can be used to provide…
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Project 3D IMAGINE or 3D Image Arrays to Graphically Implement New Education is a pilot study that researches the effectiveness of incorporating 3D tactile images, which are critical for learning science, technology,…
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Point of View: International Undergraduates: The Teaching Challenge
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This article discusses the challenges of keeping international students involved in class activities.
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