All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Research and Teaching: Writing to Learn in the Natural Sciences: Does Source Material Matter?

For over 4 decades, educational researchers have been studying best practices for introducing writing into the curriculum. One successful strategy, a ...

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Research and Teaching: Integrating Lecture and Laboratory in Health Sciences Courses Improves Student Satisfaction and Performance

Students often struggle in introductory health sciences courses; some students have difficulty in upper level classes. To address this, the authors c...

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Research and Teaching: Delivery of Summative Assessment Matters for Improving At-Risk Student Learning

This study investigates how summative assessments could be used to reduce the achievement gap among at-risk groups of students in an introductory biol...

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Research and Teaching: The Impact of a Four-Step Laboratory Pedagogical Framework on Biology Students’ Perceptions of Laboratory Skills, Knowledge, and Interest in Research

Authentic undergraduate research laboratory experiences are essential to aid in the implementation of science education reform mandates and to effecti...

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Two-Year Community: Resolving Misconceptions Through Student Reflections

This study aimed to identify and resolve misconceptions in three important STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) courses by using s...

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Case Study: Puttin’ On the Ritz: How to Put Science Into Cases

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