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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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Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: 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 students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help students while giving…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12 (e-book)
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"There is a lot to like about this text, and I truly believe that teachers will both like it and use it. Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This…
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The Feedback Loop: Using Formative Assessment Data for Science Teaching and Learning (e-book)
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What really helps your students learn science: Labs? Group work? Certain types of problems or test questions? Something you never even thought about? Find out with data that go way beyond what standardized test scores…
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