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The Case Study: And All That Jazz—An Essay Extolling the Virtues of Writing Case Teaching Notes

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. T...

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Active Learning in Introductory Climatology: A Software Package that Forecasts Sunny Skies for Climatological Research

Introducing the software package “ClimProb” to their University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, the authors created a more exciting and interesting ...

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Power Demand for Walking on the Treadmill: An Academic Exercise Integrating Concepts of Physics and Human Physiology

This paper presents a mathematical model for walking on the treadmill that calculates the minimum power required for walking on the level at a constan...

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“Science is About Facts,” or Is It? Changing Student Conceptions About the Nature of Science

This paper analyzes some of the issues in teaching and learning in an introductory physical science course to a group of nonscience majors: elementary...

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The Case Study: Cooking with Betty Crocker—A Recipe for Case Writing

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. T...

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Comparing the CO Content of Cigarette Smoke and Auto Exhaust: Measuring Concentrations of Toxic Vapor Using Gas Chromatography

This lab exercise investigates and compares the carbon monoxide content of automobile exhaust and cigarette smoke. The experiment uses gas chromatogra...

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Using Dramatizations to Present Science Concepts: Activating Students' Knowledge and Interest in Science

Incorporating dramatizations into science classes is a useful strategy for demonstrating phenomena that are difficult or impossible to observe directl...

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Multimedia Term Papers in Introductory Earth Science Classes: Using Multimedia Project Technology to Combine Writing, Science, and Technology Instruction

This article explains a methodology to successfully implement student multimedia presentations in introductory earth science classes. Students learn t...