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What is it about small groups that make them so powerful? The answer is straightforward: Groups tend to solve problems better than even the brightest individuals because “many hands make light work,” and “two heads are better than one.” This ...

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Editorial: Unintentional Verbosity

Writing hurts, even for individuals who do it professionally. Consequently, because the birth of an essay, an article, or a book is so painful, we come to have a special affection for our words. This is both natural and necessary, but it makes editin...

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What is the Value of Course-Specific Learning Goals?

The authors examined student and faculty opinions regarding the use of detailed learning goals in three courses. Students reported the use of learning goals to be positive, aiding them with studying, in lectures, and in determining the important mate...

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Society for College Science Teachers: “it sais i have a D how that be”

We’ve all gotten them—the student emails that make you question your decision to get into this profession. The title of this column says it all. If we want students to meet our expectations, we must give them instruction on what we expect. Techno...

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Fostering Preservice Teachers’ “Nature of Science” Understandings in a Physics Course

In this paper, the authors examine an algebra-based physics course designed for preservice teachers and explore how the course integrated two pedagogical strategies to bridge the gap between inquiry-learning experiences and the teachers’ nature of ...