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Can a Diversified Instructional Approach Featuring Active Learning Improve Biology Students’ Attitudes Toward General Education?

The authors reorganized sections of their nonmajors biology course using current issues in biology and society as a premise to promote coherence among...

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The Windwalker Project: An Open-Ended Approach

Students in a beginning level undergraduate classical mechanics course engaged in collaborative inquiry through the Windwalker Project. The aim of thi...

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Facilitating Active Engagement of the University Student in a Large-Group Setting Using Group Work Activities

It is envisaged that small-group exercises as part of a large-group session would facilitate not only group work exercises (a valuable employability s...

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Geoscience Videos and Their Role in Supporting Student Learning

A series of short (5 to 7 minutes long) geoscience videos were created to support student learning in a flipped class setting for an introductory geol...

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Development and Impact of a Training Program for Undergraduate Facilitators of Peer-Assisted Learning

The authors created a Peer-Assisted Learning (PAL) program focused on improving student performance in high-risk STEM courses. Our PALs are modeled af...

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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Students’ Scientifically Informed Decision Making About Socio-Hydrological Issues

To engage effectively with contemporary water-related challenges with scientific and social dimensions, students need to understand the properties of...

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Research and Teaching: Does the Classroom Matter? How the Physical Space Affects Learning in Introductory Undergraduate Science Courses

The authors compare student learning and perception data from astronomy, physics, and geology courses taught in a traditional classroom with individua...

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Research and Teaching: Online Collaborative Misconception Mapping Strategy Enhanced Health Science Students’ Discussion and Knowledge of Basic Statistical Concepts

Collaborative activities in the area of science need to incorporate the co-critiquing of a flawed external source, with appropriate scaffolding to als...

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Research and Teaching: A Comparison of Long-Term Knowledge Retention Between Two Teaching Approaches

The purpose of the research in this article was to test assumptions regarding the effectiveness of reform-based instructional approaches to facilitati...

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Point of View: First-Generation College Students: How to Recognize Them and Be Their Ally and Advocate

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses the importance of i...

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Two-Year Community: Construction With Scaffolds: Helping Community College Students Build Explanations

Few students enter community college science classrooms having experience with, or being proficient in, using evidence to explain scientific phenomena...

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Case Study: Mini-Case Studies: Small Infusions of Active Learning for Large-Lecture Courses

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