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Preceding an editorial, this title always signals that the author is about to expound on his or her heartfelt dreams for a brighter future for the profession (and for the journal). That’s not the case here. The author is asking YOU to write down yo...
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Institutionalizing Undergraduate Research for Geology Majors Through Creative Inquiry Experiences
The geology program at Clemson University has instituted a new, six-semester-long undergraduate research course sequence that requires student participation in ongoing departmental research projects from their sophomore through senior years....
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Weaving Science and Civics Through Interdisciplinary Courses
Cross-curricular programming offers unique opportunities to connect non-majors with science. In this article, the author describes personal experiences related to a novel initiative uniting science, civics, and citizenship that may serve as a model f...
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Achievable Inquiry in the College Laboratory: The Mini-Journal
The authors engage students in inquiry-based learning by presenting laboratory exercises as mini-journal articles that mirror the format of a scientific journal article, including a title, authors, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, resul...
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Twin strategies of Institutes on the Teaching and Learning of Science and Mathematics and support for faculty through minigrants are shown to be effective in stimulating college science and mathematics faculty to modify their introductory courses to ...
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Point of View: Dual Enrollment—Postsecondary/Secondary Partnerships to Prepare Students
The last decade has seen an explosion of interest in dual enrollment. In dual enrollment, high school students are permitted to take college courses and, if they pass them, earn college credit. Sometimes, as in the case of dual credit, students earn ...
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This study compares a traditional paper presentation approach and a case study method for the development and improvement of oral communication skills and critical-thinking skills in a class of junior forensic science majors. A rubric for rating perf...
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Editorial: The Scientific Method Teaching
Nope, that title is not a typographical error. The following paragraphs are not about teaching the scientific method. That assumption may be easily forgiven, though. JCST’s mission of publishing exemplary works about teaching and learning across th...
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The purpose of this study was to assess some of the effects of a nontraditional, experimental learning approach designed to improve rapid acquisition and long-term retention of quantitative communication skills (QCS) such as descriptive and inferenti...
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Students in a general education science course made significant gains in scientific reasoning skills when they were taught using carefully designed hands-on activities and writing assignments. The activities required students to make use of scientifi...
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Beyond Dissemination in College Science Teaching: An Introduction to Four Core Change Strategies
Within the science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education community there are repeated calls for the reform of undergraduate teaching. Resulting change efforts often focus on developing and disseminating specific instructional idea...