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After the Bell: Developing Sun Sense—Learning about protection from the Sun’s rays
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The American Academy of Dermatology (2008) reports that our students will experience 80% of their lifetime exposure to the Sun by the time they are 18. Further, research has demonstrated that continued exposure to the…
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Corn Snake Genetics: Students learn about the fundamentals of Mendelism by studying corn snakes
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On a visit to a local pet store, one teacher learned that corn snakes can be interesting models for Mendelian genetics. Corn snakes became the focus of a genetics unit that included making observations of classroom corn…
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In a multisemester Popular Science Journalism course students produced science news articles for the university newspaper. Students in the course perceived an increase in their oral communication and critical-thinking…
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The importance of environmental influences outside of school has been the focus of numerous studies that support the home’s influence on science learning. Students who come from homes primed with experiences that…
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In an attempt to increase student success in the physical sciences, the authors implemented a system of multiple education reforms in their general chemistry courses to reach diverse learning styles. Results from the…
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Enabling a Culture of Change: A Life Science Faculty Learning Community Promotes Scientific Teaching
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Significant challenges to education transformation in lecture-oriented science departments include initiating and supporting a dialogue about teaching and learning among faculty whose priorities are primarily research.…
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Are They Really Learning What We're Teaching? An Informal Survey and Student Self-Assessment
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While enrolled in either the first or second semester of a two-semester human anatomy and physiology sequence, students self-assessed their mastery of material presented in the prerequisite course. Fifty-seven percent…
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Learning by Heart: Students use heart rate patterns to identify nervous system imbalances
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In this article, students use computer-based sensors to detect beat-to-beat variations in heart rate, known as heart rate variability (HRV). HRV analysis is a rapidly evolving field of study, with connections to biology…
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At RMIT University, students may now elect to study infectious diseases through a course called Outbreak—The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease. Outbreak was designed to simulate in an online class the…
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The instructor of an integrated science course for nonscience majors embedded content-related video segments from YouTube and other similar internet sources into lecture. Through this study, the instructor wanted to…
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This article examines the students' mixed perceptions of the use of active learning techniques in undergraduate science lectures.
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Twentieth-century novelist and physicist C.P. Snow famously stated that solving the world’s complex problems requires collaboration between humanists and scientists. We agree with Snow and illustrate one integrated…
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Students are enthusiastic with the multi-resource learning environment in which multiple resources, such as the Internet, science posters, magazines, books, CD-ROMs, and inquiry labs are used in the learning process.…
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Introducing the software package “ClimProb” to their University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, the authors created a more exciting and interesting classroom environment by encouraging students to learn through critical…
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Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 5–8: Learning the Practice of Scientists (e-book)
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Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many middle school students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help students…
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