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  • The Fight Against Bacteria

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  • What is in Our Air?

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  • Recent Developments in Classroom Observation Protocols for Undergraduate STEM

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    Over the past decade, researchers have developed several teaching observation protocols for use in higher education, such as the Teaching Dimensions Observation Protocol (TDOP), Classroom Observation Protocol for…

  • Closing the Achievement Gap by Bringing STEM Kits Home

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  • Adaptation

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

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    Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching practices in engineering courses as an interdisciplinary science field…

  • Doing It All

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  • Discovering Diversity

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  • Adaptation

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological adaptation. The probe is designed to find out if students think animals intentionally adapt to a change in their environment.

  • Science in Your Stacks

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  • Is It “Fitter”?

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about natural selection. The probe is designed to find out how students interpret the commonly used phrase “survival of the fittest.”

  • Biological Evolution

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about biological evolution. The probe is designed to find out if students distinguish the theory of biological evolution from ideas about the origin of…

  • Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format

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    Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article describes an approach to developing active learning lessons from authentic…

  • Building Bridges

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    We describe a hands-on, collaborative activity designed to illustrate general properties of evolution, provide practice for quantitative skills, promote creativity and collaboration, and enable student self-assessment…

  • A Layered Approach to Scientific Models

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