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Exemplar Teaching Practices in STEM Courses in U.S. Universities

Based on the largest multi-institutional observational study of undergraduate courses in the United States, this article describes exemplar teaching p...

By Corbin M. Campbell

Postsecondary New Science Teachers Professional Learning STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Perspectives on Teaching from Early-Career Scientists

Many graduate students spend a part of their time teaching at the university level. While there is an abundance of advice from older, more established...

By Suchinta Arif and Melanie Duc Bo Massey

Postsecondary New Science Teachers Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Building a New Interdisciplinary Service-Learning Partnership Through Virtual Connections

This article presents a synopsis of an interdisciplinary literacy-science, cross-country, fully remote service-learning (S-L) project prompted by and ...

By Lauren E. Burrow, Tonya D. Jeffery, Brian S. Wuertz, and Shelby J. Gull

Informal Education Postsecondary Biology Interdisciplinary Life Science Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies Technology

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A Perfect Storm

This point of view article uses a social science lens in an attempt to understand the differing environments of the two institutions (private and publ...

By Anonymous

Postsecondary Administration Leadership New Science Teachers Pedagogy Professional Learning Social Justice Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Is a Framework of Support Enough?

While undergraduate research is known as a high-impact practice, little research has been conducted for the online educational setting. Early research...

By Emily Faulconer, Brent Terwilliger, Robert Deters, and Kelly George

Curriculum Research Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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An Examination of Constructivism, Active Learning, and Reflexive Journaling and Their Independent and Combined Effects on Student Acceptance of Biological Evolution

Instruction that increases acceptance of evolution is essential to effective biology instruction, but instruction about evolution is not consistently ...

By Clinton Thomas Laidlaw, Seth M. Bybee, Steven Shumway, Thomas Heath Ogden, Steven Peck, and Jamie L. Jensen

Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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STEM Faculty Institute

As change agents at our university, we sought to facilitate a transition within our STEM college toward more extensive use of evidence-based instructi...

By Richard E. West, Jamie L. Jensen, Michael Johnson, Jennifer Nielson, Rebecca Sansom, and Geoffrey Wright

Curriculum Preservice Science Education STEM Teacher Preparation

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Examining Perspectives of Teaching Among Biology Teaching Assistants

Recent reform efforts in postsecondary science teaching have called for shifts in instructional methods to include more evidence-based instructional p...

By Joshua W. Reid and Emily G. Weigel

Biology New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teaching Strategies

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Integrated Concentration in Science

The Integrated Concentration in Science (iCons) 4-year program at the University of Massachusetts Amherst was designed to promote interdisciplinary ST...

By Stephanie Purington and Martina Nieswandt

Curriculum New Science Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation

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E–6 Preservice Teachers and Elementary Science Teaching

The study assessed the science teaching confidence of preservice teachers in teaching elementary science by addressing two research questions: (1) Did...

By Mamta Singh

Pre-service Teachers Preservice Science Education Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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A Flipped Classroom Approach and Digital Learning in an Undergraduate Molecular Biology Course

Teaching modalities such as Flipped Classroom Approach (FCA) are becoming increasingly popular in higher education. FCA requires that instructional co...

By Andreas Kakarougkas and Reham Abdellatif

Biology Pedagogy Teaching Strategies Technology

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Exploring the Effects of a Neglected Area

One of the major challenges of teaching science has been engaging students in discussions of concepts due to lack of perceived relevancy of topics to ...

By Emma Tribble, Rohan Skariah, Emily Tran, and Ozcan Gulacar

Chemistry STEM Teaching Strategies

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Gender Inequities Throughout STEM

Efforts to promote equity and inclusion using evidence-based approaches are vital to correcting long-standing societal inequities that have disadvanta...

By Alexandru Maries, Kyle Whitcomb, and Chandralekha Singh

Equity Social Justice STEM

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From Balancing Redox Reactions to Determining Change of Oxidation Numbers

Redox reaction is a core concept in teaching and learning chemistry. This article explores a new method for balancing organic redox reactions that req...

By Pong Kau Yuen and Cheng Man Diana Lau

Chemistry Labs

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Using an Instructional Team During Pandemic Remote Teaching Enhanced Student Outcomes in a Large STEM Course

The unplanned shift to online instruction due to the COVID-19 pandemic challenged many instructors teaching large-enrollment courses to design learnin...

By Susan D. Hester, Jordan M. Elliott, Lindsey K. Navis, L. Tori Hidalgo, Young Ae Kim, Paul Blowers, Lisa K. Elfring, Karie L. Lattimore, and Vicente Talanquer

Pedagogy Research STEM Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies