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There is little doubt that well performed lecture demonstrations play an important role in science teaching (Straits and Wilke 2006): for many students, exciting demonstrations are what keep them interested and…
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Models for Integrating Technology in Higher Education: The Physics of Sound
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Institutions that place laptops in the hands of every student offer unique opportunities to integrate technology into instruction. The following is a description of how various technologies have been introduced into a…
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Editor’s Roundtable: Monitoring and assessing student learning
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An effective teacher never leaves a key part of a lesson without checking to make sure there is an appropriate level of mastery before moving on to the next lesson segment. Teachers must monitor and assess student…
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Idea Bank: Convection in a Fish Tank
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Understanding convection is fundamental for students to fully grasp the science behind large-scale events on Earth, such as global wind patterns, plate tectonic movement, ocean current patterns, and hydrothermal vent…
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Performing inquiry should enhance the intellectual development of students on numerous levels. We evaluate whether inquiry-based activities elicit inquiry behaviors by comparing these activities with traditional review…
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Outbreak! is an online, interactive educational game that helps students and teachers learn and evaluate clinical microbiology skills. When the game was used in introductory microbiology laboratories, qualitative…
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Class Research Projects in Ecology Courses: Methods to “Un-can” the Experience
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Research-like experiences range from relatively “canned” labs that are highly controlled by the instructor (such as those described in Lord and Orkwiszewski 2006) to more individually designed projects (e.g., Switzer…
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Kermit to Kermette? Does the Herbicide Atrazine Feminize Male Frogs?
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This interrupted case study, developed for an honors seminar and a nonmajors chemistry course, is based on data taken from a series of published research articles. The case explores the unintended side effects of…
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Science Shorts: All That Matters
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The states of matter are a foundational property in physical science. Not only do they help students understand the physical world around them but also provide experiences on which to build later concepts, such as…
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Chaos: Connecting Science and the Humanities
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In this article, we learn about a team-taught course entitled Chaos in Science and Literature. The goals of the course were to place science in a nontechnological context, emphasizing its intellectual and cultural…
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Coins represent much more than a token of monetary value. They tell a story. Nearly every Roman ruler issued many coins of various sizes that reflected the confidence, stability, and standardization of his reign, and…
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The National Science Foundation-funded Arctic Climate Modeling Program (ACMP) provides “curriculum resource-based professional development” materials that combine current science information with practical classroom…
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Science 101: If an insect grows to human size, will it have superhuman strength?
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If insects grew to gigantic proportions, could they take over the world with their super-strength? To find and understand the answer, you have to understand a bit of basic geometry and how it applies to all kinds of…
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The authors created an interactive reflective log (IRL) to provide teachers with an opportunity to use a journal approach to record, evaluate, and communicate student understanding of science concepts. Unlike a…
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Students who participate in community outreach programs develop a positive awareness for civic duty and observe applications of their learning (Waldstein and Reiher 2001). Teachers and students discover the most vivid…
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