All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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This article explains how students can do hands-on science in a large lecture theater with seats bolted to the floor. It specifically describes the lo...

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Good Science Begins With Good Questions

Students in a large, active-learning, freshman biology class learned to ask better questions with the aid of a new taxonomy for student questions. The...

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A New Paradigm in Integrated Math and Science Courses

This article describes an interdisciplinary curriculum designed by the authors that connects math, science, and technology with the lives of their stu...

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Scavenger Hunts: Chasing Down Scientific Answers

Describing a scavenger hunt activity that stimulates active learning, the authors present objectives, examples, pitfalls, grading methods, and an eval...

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Presenting Science in a Video-Delivered, Web-Based Format

The authors offered a course entitled Science and Technology in Society to high school students using live video presentations and World Wide Web cour...

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Research and Teaching: An Experimental Project Approach to Biology

In the study described in this article, the author examined the educational benefits of an experimental project approach to students taking the last c...

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Student Symposia on Primary Research Articles

This article describes how conducting in-class symposia in which students present primary research articles can provide a window into the process of s...

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Applying Ecological Principles on the Job

The authors developed a course that requires students to work in groups to address a local ecological problem of interest to a client external to the ...