All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Two Departments, Two Models of Interdisciplinary Peer Learning

On graduation, teacher candidates (TCs) are typically underprepared to teach science, particularly physical science, whereas physics graduates frequen...

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A Serendipitous Benefit of a Teaching-Exploration Program at a Large Public University: Creating a STEM Workforce That Supports Teachers and Public Education

This study surveyed students who had participated over a 10-year period in California Teach courses, which integrate evidence-based, best practices of...

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Improving Undergraduate Climate Change Literacy Through Writing: A Pilot Study

A climate-literate population, capable of making informed decisions related to climate change, is of critical importance as society faces ever-increas...

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Issues with Tissues: A Tale of Gameful Learning in an Introductory Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Course

An introductory undergraduate biology laboratory session about vertebrate tissues was gamified to elucidate the effects of gameful learning on student...

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An Integrated Approach to Training Graduate Teaching Assistants

We describe the implementation of a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training program in the Department of Chemistry designed to integrate with the p...

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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 ...