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Research and Teaching: Eight Is Not Enough: The Level of Questioning and Its Impact on Learning in Clicker Cases

Three college faculty taught large general biology classes using case studies and personal response systems (clickers). Each instructor taught the sam...

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Research and Teaching: The Variation in Spatial Visualization Abilities of College Male and Female Students in STEM Fields Versus Non-STEM Fields

The purpose of this study was to determine whether there is a difference in spatial visualization ability between college students in STEM (science, t...

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Point of View: In Defense of the Lecture, Revisited

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

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Two-Year Community: Increasing Science Knowledge Among High-Risk Student Populations Through a Community College Honors/Service-Learning Program

State and national data suggest a strong correlation between student performance in STEM subjects and student socioeconomic status, race, and ethnicit...

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Case Study: Teaching Nature of Science Through Scientific Models: The Geocentric vs. Heliocentric Cosmology

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