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STEM Education as a Vital Preventive Response to a Pandemic
By Katherine Baker, Emily Faulconer, Oliver Grundmann, Sarah Haines, Tyra Hall-Pogar, Lisa Kenyon, Susan Meabh Kelly, Peter Lindeman, Brian Schmaefsky, Candace Timpte, and David Wojnowski
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Small Instructional Changes to Emphasize Data Modeling Practices
Data modeling practices are often invisible to students in introductory biology courses. However, developing a well-rounded understanding of these pra...
By Joshua W. Reid, Candice M. Quinn, Zhigang Jia, Ryan Jones, and Anna Grinath
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First-Year STEM Research Program Facilitates Long-Term Academic Success
Retention and student success in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) remains a priority for institutions, and low rates of retent...
By Kimberly R. Schneider, Uday Nair, Rachel Straney, Patrice Lancey, and Mary Tripp
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Responsive Teaching in Online Learning Environments
Online teaching and learning have become widespread in higher education over the past two decades, and accelerated during the pandemic. Although onlin...
By Young Ae Kim, Lisa Rezende, Elizabeth Eadie, Jacqueline Maximillian, Katelyn Southard, Lisa Elfring, Paul Blowers, and Vicente Talanquer
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Measuring Data Skills in Undergraduate Student Work
Data literacy, or students’ abilities to understand, interpret, and think critically about data, is an increasing need in K–16 science education. ...
By Jessica Sickler, Erin Bardar, and Randy Kochevar
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Course-based undergraduate research is promoted as an equitable strategy for providing the benefits of research experiences to a larger, more diverse ...
By Allison Martin, Adam Rechs, Thomas Landerholm, and Kelly McDonald
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In this paper we put forth a model for physics course reform that uniquely uses proven, research-based active-learning strategies to help students imp...
By Colin S. Wallace, Edward E. Prather, John A. Milsom, Ken Johns, and Srin Manne
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Use of a Linked-Course Model to Teach Scientific Writing to First-Year Undergraduates
The ability to read and compose original scientific literature is critical to educating informed citizens, yet may be severely lacking in undergraduat...
By Evan Lampert and J. Stephen Pearson