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Can Inexperienced Researchers Teach Open-Ended Laboratories?
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Using exit surveys of biology students we examine whether undergraduate instructors can teach investigative labs, and share perspectives on the challenges of working with undergraduate lab instructors.
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PCBs in the Last Frontier: A Case Study on the Scientific Method
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This interrupted case study is based on current research involving the global transport of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Students are asked to propose several hypotheses and experiments in an attempt to determine…
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Idea Bank: Tips and techniques for creative teaching
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The Idea Bank provides tips and techniques for creative teaching, in about 1,000 words. In this month’s Idea Bank, learn about open-ended inquiry and the encouragement to shift science away from the traditional "…
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Repairing Femoral Fractures: A Model Lesson in Biomaterial Science
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Biomaterial science is a rapidly growing field that has scientists and doctors searching for new ways to repair the body. A merger between medicine and engineering, biomaterials can be complex subject matter, and it can…
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The Early Years: Communicating About Collections
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Children love to collect all kinds of things, from sticks to colorful leaves to trading cards. These objects are special to children because they found the objects and chose them for a quality determined by them. For…
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Issues in-depth: Cloning: A critical analysis of myths and media
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The science behind cloning, and its long history, provide teachers with a real-life, high interest topic through which they can launch an effort to raise students’ media literacy skills. By blending science content with…
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The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue.
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The future will be dramatically different—not only from today but even from our best predictions. The 21st Century will be a rapid-paced century of scientific breakthroughs. This article features the major developments…
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Every Day Science Calendar: February 2007
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This monthly feature contains facts and challenges for the science explorer.
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Accomplishing Multiple Goals Through Community Connections
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With schools being asked to accomplish more and more, it is increasingly important to, whenever possible, address multiple goals in teaching. Educating the whole child dictates that we find ways to ensure our graduates…
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Providing sun-safe environments, schedules, and activities; teaching and modeling sun-safe behaviors; and implementing a sun-safe school policy are ways that schools can help protect children from sun overexposure and…
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Formative Assessment Probes: Labeling Versus Explaining
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This month’s issue discusses the life cycle of a butterfly.
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First-Year Students Benefit From Reading Primary Research Articles
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Primary research articles discuss aspects of scientific inquiry that are important in understanding the nature of science. Yet, most introductory science courses use textbooks that ignore the scientific process;…
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In “The Magic Mirror” lessons described here, children explore reflection and mirror phenomena in the environment. They make a mirror, explore a hinged mirror with its many images, and look at symmetries. The activities…
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Secondary science teachers are faced with an increasing number of students whose first language is not English and charged with preparing them for federal- and state-mandated end-of-course exams. In many states, these…
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