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Research and Teaching: Student Understanding of Ionizing Radiation and Radioactivity

Results from research into the teaching and learning of physics have shown that many college students have significant conceptual and reasoning diffic...

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Don't Settle for Imitation Laboratory Assignments

Science courses often offer structured laboratory exercises that do not provide students with a thorough understanding of how to conduct scientific re...

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Personalizing the Goals of Undergraduate Research

Research experiences are becoming increasingly available for undergraduate science students. Although many undergraduate research programs are designe...

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Alzheimer’s Disease Under Scrutiny

After reading a newspaper article on Alzheimer’s disease, an incurable medical problem involving gradual and debilitating loss of memory, students e...

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All That Glitters May Not Be Gold

In this decision case, a congressional staffer must weigh a number of competing needs, including the popular reactions to genetically modified organis...