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Fostering Student Engagement With Digital Microscopic Images Using ThingLink, an Image Annotation Program

The teaching of histology has changed dramatically with virtual microscopy. Fewer students of histology spend significant time viewing slides on a microscope and instead study images available in digital slide sets, generally accessible via the inter...

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Connecting Argumentation to 5E Inquiry for Preservice Teachers

It is important to develop students’ capacities to interpret information and data to reasonable evidence and make appropriate justification to debate with peers in argumentative practice. This article introduces a series of activities progressively...

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Scaffolding STEM Classrooms to Integrate Key Workplace Skills: Development of Resources for Active Learning Environments

Integrating workplace skills in large-enrollment classrooms can be challenging, even with the support of teaching assistants (TA). Using formative feedback from both students and TAs, the instructor developed resources and modified classroom facilita...

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Dorm Room Labs for Introductory Large-Lecture Science Classes for Nonscience Majors

Many large-lecture introductory science courses for nonscience majors do not have a lab component and hence do not provide much opportunity for students to engage in the practice of science. The author has developed a new instructional activity calle...

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Research and Teaching: Student Perceptions of an Inquiry-Based Karaoke Exercise for Ecologically Oriented Classes: A Multiclass Evaluation

The authors evaluated student perceptions of an inquiry-based, karaoke video exercise in six university classes ranging from first year to graduate level. Students created a 3–4 minute karaoke video on a topic relevant to class. Student responses t...

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Research and Teaching: Infusion of Quantitative and Statistical Concepts Into Biology Courses Does Not Improve Quantitative Literacy

Multiple national reports have pushed for the integration of quantitative concepts into the context of disciplinary science courses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and statistical literacy of biology students and explore learn...

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Research and Teaching: The Use of Classroom Clickers to Support Improved Self-Assessment in Introductory Chemistry

With only minimal changes to the course structure, classroom clickers were introduced in introductory chemistry to allow students to regularly compare their perceived abilities with their actual abilities, a measurement also known as calibration. Stu...

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Research and Teaching: Reducing Student Resistance to Active Learning: Strategies for Instructors

In spite of considerable evidence of the effectiveness of active learning and other contemporary teaching methods, barriers to adoption of those methods, such as possible student resistance, continue to exist. This study addresses student resistance ...

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Point of View: The Curvy Road to Student Success in Underserved Populations

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This issue discusses at-risk students and grade adjustments in STEM classes....

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Two-Year Community: A Combined Read-Aloud Think-Aloud Strategy Improves Student Learning Experiences in College-Level Biology Courses

Reading aloud (RA) is a learning strategy commonly used to help younger students develop language comprehension skills and in adult literacy and language courses to help students master the pronunciation of words, grammar, and intonation. The authors...

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Case Study: The Game Changer: Keeping Your Head in Contact Sports

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this issue the Game Changer is an interrupted case study that traces the football career of Anthon...