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SCST: Distance Learning—Meeting Our Educational Responsibilities with Technology
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In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teaching (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month’s issue focuses on the concerns of meeting our educational responsibilities with technology.
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Switch on Student Interest: Learning to derive the equation for resistors in parallel
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In this lab activity, traditional parallel circuit problems were used to evaluate students' understanding of the relationship that exists among resistors in parallel. But the students now "owned" the equation that they…
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Use of Genomic Databases for Inquiry-Based Learning About Influenza
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The genome projects of the past decades have created extensive databases of biological information with applications in both research and education. We describe an inquiry-based exercise that uses one such database,…
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Enhancing the Instructional Environment: Optimal Learning in Introductory Science Classes
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A survey of 55 colleges showed that the learning environments in introductory science courses are not always as supportive as they should be. Furthermore, most innovative teaching techniques, as recommended by the…
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The Energy Retrofit of a Building: A Journey Through Bloom’s Learning Domains
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At Colorado College, the energy retrofit of a building is used as a service-learning research project to teach physics and chemistry in a variety of courses. In introductory courses for nonscience majors, the project…
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Hierarchical Learning Ensembles: Team Building for Undergraduate Scientists and Engineers
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This article describes the design and implementation of the Hierarchical Learning Ensemble (HLE) model, a pedagogy that assembles interdisciplinary teams of graduate, undergraduate, and secondary-level students to solve…
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SCST: Changes in Teaching and Learning—The Role of New Technology
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In this column the leadership of SCST shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue shares thoughts on the new electronic communications and what it means for teachers and students.
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Chewing on Ideas: Engaging students in meaningful learning about digestion
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This activity was created by turning dull facts about digestion into experiences and questions to be investigated. The experience physically and mentally engages students in the study of digestion.
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Viral Investigation: Students learn to isolate a common, nonpathogenic virus
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Few laboratory experiments focus on viruses that are safe and involve minimal equipment. Because of this, they are generally not appropriate for high school or university students. To address this problem, this…
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Changing the Learning Environment in Large General Education Astronomy Classes
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The gradual, ongoing transformation of a large general education astronomy class is presented. Emphasis is on student reaction to and academic impact of changes in the teaching/learning environment introduced over a…
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Case Study: Learning About the Nature of Science With Case Studies
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Case studies are an effective way to help students understand how science works, and perhaps even more importantly, how science knowledge is constructed. Yet often when we teach the content of science, we overlook the…
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Using Learning Preferences to Direct Teaching and Balance Academic Performance
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The author uses the Index of Learning Styles in his Introductory Biology class and finds a link between academic performance in the laboratory and learning preference scores.
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Learning About Genetic Inheritance Through Technology-Enhanced Instruction
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One approach that has shown potential for teaching genetics to middle school students is the use of technology-enhanced instruction, which may lead to increased visualizations. This article describes how a technology-…
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