All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Names are vital. Names do more than allow us to pigeonhole things and give us relationships. They give us a sense of ownership. Once we put a name to ...

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Phasing in Future Teachers

All college science students, especially those who will become science teachers, need an understanding of scientific inquiry and effective ways to tea...

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Favorite Demonstration: Differential Weathering

In this inquiry-based demonstration, the consumption of a Baby Ruth candy bar is used to nurture students’ interest in chemical and physical weather...

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Patching the Leaky Pipeline

The United States faces the critical task of graduating large numbers of individuals in mathematics, science, technical, and engineering fields. The f...

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Research and Teaching: Encouraging Female Undergraduate Students

Two case studies of undergraduate chemistry departments highlight differences between a department graduating a high percentage of women and one that ...

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Working as a Team: Preparing a Problem Awareness File

A generic teaching format in which students actively participate in a whole-class collaborative-learning experience is described. The entire class, di...