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Editorial: No Time for Complacency
What accounts for our citizens' apparent lack of interest in scientific careers? The National Science Foundation (NSF) and other agencies have pumped...
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Laboratory Based Case Studies: Closer to the Real World
Case-based laboratories offer students the chance to approximate real science. Based on interesting stories that pose problems requiring experimental ...
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PCBs in the Last Frontier: A Case Study on the Scientific Method
This interrupted case study is based on current research involving the global transport of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). Students are asked to pro...
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This special issue of JCST once again features a set of articles on the use of case studies in science assembled by Clyde (Kipp) Herreid, Distinguishe...
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The Case of the Druid Dracula: A Directed "Clicker" Case Study on DNA Fingerprinting
This article describes how case studies have been successfully implemented in an introductory biology course of 300+ students using available technolo...
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In 1986, Lake Nyos, a volcanic lake in Cameroon, released a huge amount of carbon dioxide gas, killing over 1,700 people in the surrounding area. This...
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Artificial Sanity: A Case Study for a Class in Introductory Psychology
Using the story of death row inmate Charles Singleton, who developed paranoid schizophrenia while in prison awaiting execution, this case study explor...
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A Friend in Need Is a Friend Indeed: A Case Study on Human Respiratory Physiology
The dynamics of oxygen transport by the blood can be a particularly difficult topic for students to grasp. A directed case study about carbon monoxide...
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Mask of Black God: The Pleiades in Navajo Cosmology
One Navajo legend attributes the creation of the primary stars and constellations to Black God. Today, a famous star cluster—the Pleiades—often ap...