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Mom Always Liked You Best: Examining the Hypothesis of Parental Favoritism

In this interrupted case study, based on a journal article on the parenting behavior of American coots, students are given information and data from w...

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A Can of Bull? Do Energy Drinks Really Provide a Source of Energy?

This case study involves the biochemical analysis of the components of commonly available energy drinks, which many students purchase at fairly high p...

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A Strange Fish Indeed: The "Discovery" of a Living Fossil

Through a series of fictionalized diary entries, this case recounts the “discovery” in South Africa in 1938 of a fish believed to be extinct for o...

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Editorial: The Interrupted Case Method

There are many ways to tell a tale. This issue of the journal demonstrates that point as it devotes itself once again entirely to case studies. One ...

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Cancel the Cardinals Home Opener?! Lessons in Melting and Evaporation

The St. Louis Cardinals are scheduled to play their home opener the next day and Megan Riley, a young meteorologist who works for a private weather co...

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The Case Study: Too Much, Too Little, or Just Right? How Much Information Should We Put into a Case Study?

"Say when." That expression, usually reserved as an inquiry by a solicitous dispenser of party libations, is apt for the serious case writer. In both...

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Research and Teaching: Engaging Students -- An Examination of the Effects of Teaching Strategies on Self-Efficacy and Course in a Nonmajors Physics Course

Self-efficacy is a key predictor of achievement and retention in most academic areas, including the sciences. In this study, the effects of teaching s...