All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Constructing Knowledge in the Lecture Hall

The standard lecture/note-taking format is not an effective way for students to learn introductory biology. However, it is difficult to implement an a...

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Navigating the Active Learning Swamp

The authors surveyed 29 fellow faculty by asking them to define active learning, to rate how effectively different teaching techniques contribute to a...

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Research and Teaching: Gauging Students’ Learning in the Classroom

To find out what helps students to learn, the author administered Elaine Seymour’s Student Assessment of their learning Gains instrument to her intr...

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Creating Direct Channels of Communication

Biology students in a large-class, active-learning environment used e-mail and in-class written notes for student-instructor communication. Most stude...

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Finding the Science in Art

In the interdisciplinary, team-taught course described here, the authors use the subjects of art and art history to bridge to math and chemistry. Spec...

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Practicing Real Science in the Laboratory

In a molecular biology laboratory, students study the role of the enzyme polygalacturonase in the softening of tomatoes during ripening, developing th...

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Switching Students on to Science

The Extended Physics courses at Rutgers University provide a successful alternative to the traditional introductory physics classes for students at ri...