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Journal Article

This article describes a series of assignments that models the process of writing a manuscript for publication. While completing the assignments, stud...

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The Case Study: Racism and All Sorts of Politically Correct <em> isms </em> in Case Studies

Case studies typically do not promulgate a particular viewpoint about a subject. They may, however, take a particular stance on an issue—one the aut...

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Editorial: A’s and F’s

In many schools, students who fail all of their classes are passed to the next grade if the students’ parents or guardians want them to be passed. T...

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Bridging the Gap

A newly appointed joint hire in the College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Natural Sciences and the College of Education, Department of Middle/Se...

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The Ice Hockey Injury

A high school hockey team is playing the last of three games in one day. The game gets rough, and the star player is slammed against the boards. Injur...

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The Case of the “Tainted” Taco Shells

This case study introduces students to the use of genetically modified foods. Students learn how genetically modified plants are made, and then they r...

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Split My Brain

This case involves a couple deciding whether or not their son should undergo brain surgery to treat a severe seizure disorder. In examining this dilem...

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My Brother’s Keeper

In this interrupted case, students read about the alarm-calling behavior of a certain type of ground squirrel and then work in groups to develop hypot...