All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Scientific Research for Undergraduate Students: A Review of the Literature

Engaging students in authentic scientific research has become an important component of undergraduate science education at many institutions. The purp...

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Society for College Science Teachers: Perpetually Updating

Keeping current with the research in science education is as important as keeping current in discipline-specific research. The Society for College Sci...

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University Facilities as Real-World Foci of Multidisciplinary Science Learning

The authors sought to better approximate the practice of “real” science in our classrooms by having students study a newly built storm-water remed...

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Guest Editorial: Where Are the Women of Color? Data on African American, Hispanic, and Native American Faculty in STEM

In October of 2009, the Committee on Equal Opportunities in Science and Engineer (CEOSE) held a symposium on Women of Color in STEM (science, technolo...

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A Writing and Ethics Component for a Quantum Mechanics, Physical Chemistry Course

A writing-across-the-curriculum and ethics component is presented for a second-semester, physical chemistry course. The activity involves introducing ...

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Virtual Field Exercises in the Online Classroom: Practicing Science Teachers’ Perceptions of Effectiveness, Best Practices, and Implementation

A new challenge in science education at the university level is the implementation of effective field components within online courses. In nationwide ...

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Developing Problem-Solving Skills of Students Taking Introductory Physics via Web-Based Tutorials

Science teaching and learning can be made both engaging and student-centered using pedagogical, computer-based learning tools. The authors have develo...

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Research and Teaching: Toward a Deeper Understanding of Student Interest or Lack of Interest in Science

This study examined the nature of college students’ interest or lack of interest in science and the factors to which they attributed their interest ...

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Science From the Pond Up: Using Measurement to Introduce Inquiry

The authors engaged nonscience majors enrolled in an integrated science course with a prototype activity designed to change their mindset from cookboo...

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Favorite Demonstration: Inquiry-Based Approach to Understanding Common Descent

In this inquiry-based activity, students catalog external and internal characteristics of four different classes of animals during dissection exercise...