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Editorial: City Science—Filling the Education Vacuum for Our Inner-City Populations

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the need for an urban program sponsoring applied research related to the improvement of the lives of city residents....

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Using E-mail to Improve Communication in the Introductory Science Classroom: An Excellent Tool for Encouraging Students to Enter Into Conversation with the Instructor and Each Other

This article focuses on the use of E-mail to improve student-instructor interaction and create an atmosphere of instructor support. E-mail also promotes the use of computer technology and provides a way to encourage students to write about topics dis...

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Research and Teaching: Criteria for Designing Inquiry Activities that are Effective for Teaching and Learning Science Concepts: Constructing Effective Inquiry-Based Lessons—Bringing Teaching in Line with the “National Science Education Standards”

The criteria described in this article for designing inquiry activities is the result of an 8-year study completed by the author. This criteria should help educators construct effective inquiry-based lessons to achieve the goals enumerated in the N...

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SCST: Using the Online Classroom—Lessons from English for Science Courses

In this column the leadership of SCST shares its views with JCST readers. In this month’s issue, the author discusses the use of technology in the classroom....

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Research & Teaching: Using Action Research to Bring the Large Class Down to Size—Employing Focused Classroom Investigations to Improve Individual Teaching Practices

Action research is an approach to teaching that leads to the improvement of instructional practices. This article summarizes several action research studies conducted at Montana State University in an introductory astronomy course....

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Guest Editorial: The National Science Imperative—Focusing on the Future: Increasing Research Funding and Making America Thoroughly Science Literate

The future will be dramatically different—not only from today but even from our best predictions. The 21st Century will be a rapid-paced century of scientific breakthroughs. This article features the major developments needed to encourage and maint...

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SCST: Hypotheses, Theories, and Laws—A Look at Textbooks’ Treatment of an Issue from the CASE Standards

In this column the leadership of the Society for College Science Teaching (SCST) shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue features an introduction to a document entitled "CASE Standards for Science Teacher Preparation."...

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Hearing the Case for Genetic Engineering: Breaking Down the Barriers of Anonymity Through Student Hearings in the Large Lecture Hall

An effective way to implement active learning in a large lecture science classroom is to combine "learning cycle" instruction with a public hearing on an interesting issue. This article illustrates a model for active learning using the topic of "gene...

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A Multi-Week Inquiry for an Undergraduate Introductory Biology Laboratory: Investigating Correlations Between Environmental Variables and Leaf Stomata Density

Many freshmen students lack sufficient confidence, organizational skills, and content background for open-ended student-directed investigations. In this article, one solution is an intermediate step that retains some of the ownership and empowerment ...

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Using Internet Relay Chat to Provide On-Line Tutorials in a Distance-Learning Chemistry Course: Holding Class On-Line at a Commuter-Only University

With today's technological advances, distance education has progressed significantly from the old-fashioned correspondence course to encompass a smorgasbord of electronic communications options. This article features the challenge of distance learnin...