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  • How Can Wildfires Lead to Mudslides?

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  • An Evolution in Teaching Natural Selection

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  • Using Publicly Available Long-Term Climate Records in Undergraduate Interdisciplinary Big Data Curriculum

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    Understanding data analysis and interpreting data are key components of teaching interdisciplinary undergraduate students. We detail a semester-long research project that introduces students to long-term data sets,…

  • Burning Paper

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during combustion. The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as paper burns inside a closed…

  • Rotting Apple

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about decay and decomposers. The probe can be used to determine whether students recognize the need for a biological agent to break down once-living…

  • Building Engagement in STEM Through Career Courses at Two-Year Institutions

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    Community colleges enroll almost half of U.S. undergraduates and were predicted to produce 12% of the workforce for STEM professions in 2018. Half of these students are the first in their families to attend college and…

  • I Can See Clearly Now

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  • Creating a Video Case Study

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    This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This issue describes how to create a video case study.

  • A Light Challenge

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  • The Lives of Staph

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  • Clickers Are Not Enough: Results of a Decade-Long Study Investigating Instructional Strategies in Chemistry

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    Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clickers to improve student learning performance. To fill a gap in the…

  • Fannie’s Fix

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  • Habitat Change

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about adaptation. The probe is designed to reveal whether students think individuals intentionally change their physical characteristics or behaviors in…

  • Apple on a Desk

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about forces. The probe is designed to find out whether students recognize that balanced forces act on a stationary object.

  • Nails in a Jar

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    The purpose of this assessment probe is to elicit students’ ideas about conservation of matter during a chemical change (oxidation). The probe is designed to find out if students think the mass changes as rust forms…

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