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ELMO Project: Science Instruction for Students
The ELMO (Embedded Learning MOdules) curriculum reform project has designed science curricula for specific nonscience students that fulfill core requi...
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The Case Study: Opening Day -- Getting Started in a Cooperative Classroom
What happens during the first few days of a new course can set a tone that inspires students to work actively and cooperatively to achieve success in...
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Favorite Demonstration: Interactive Demonstrations -- Examples From Biology Lectures
Demonstrations have long been a part of postsecondary science teaching. However, in today's constructivist classroom we know that to show completely,...
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The Use of Triangulation Methods in Qualitative Educational Research
Triangulation involves the careful reviewing of data collected through different methods in order to achieve a more accurate and valid estimate of qua...
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From Curanderas to Gas Chromatography: Medicinal Plants
The Medicinal Plants of the Southwest summer workshop is an inquiry-based learning approach to increase interest and skills in biomedical research. Wo...
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Printed Notes Versus Virtual Lectures: An Examination of Student Learning of Geoscience Content
Two geoscience course sections were provided with lecture content in different formats—one with static text that contained no graphics, the other wi...
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Science education reform requires innovative professional development initiatives. Here we report the success of an interdisciplinary learning circle ...
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Moving from Content Knowledge to Engagement
Combining service learning with environmental and science issues allows students to move beyond awareness toward engagement. The action team service p...
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Throwing Paper Wads in the Chemistry Classroom: Really Active Student Learning
It is well-known that too many students learn to “plug and chug” formulas while gaining very little concomitant understanding of the underlying co...
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Point of View: Students, Butterflies, and Cancer
This article accounts one research scientist's interest in butterflies and his aversion to dealing with cancer with it hitting so close to home. Pref...
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Effectiveness of a Lab Manual Delivered on CD-ROM
Although electronic instructional media are becoming increasingly prevalent in science classrooms, their worth remains unproven. We assessed student p...
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LabWrite: Transforming Lab Reports from Busy Work to Meaningful Learning Opportunities
Lab reports are the dreaded assignments of the laboratory course. Students dislike them, because they can be tedious and time-consuming. Instructors d...