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Feet Wet, Hands Dirty: Engaging Students in Science Teaching and Learning With Stream Investigations

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Feet Wet, Hands Dirty: Engaging Students in Science Teaching and Learning With Stream Investigations

Stream investigation and restoration projects offer unique experiential opportunities to engage students in outdoor learning experiences that are rel...

Building Bridges Between Science Courses Using Honors Organic Chemistry Projects

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Building Bridges Between Science Courses Using Honors Organic Chemistry Projects

Introductory undergraduate science courses are traditionally offered as distinct units without formalized student interaction between classes. To brid...

Using Photojournals to Develop Ecoliteracy in a Blended Environmental Science Course

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Using Photojournals to Develop Ecoliteracy in a Blended Environmental Science Course

Developing innovative tools for ensuring that students understand the ways in which science content connects to their lives, future careers, and globa...

Self-Directed Learning With Feedback

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Self-Directed Learning With Feedback

This article describes a weekly writing assignment named SelFeed (Self-Directed Learning with Feedback), in which students are asked to identify their...

Integrating Technology in Today’s Undergraduate Classrooms: A Look at Students’ Perspectives

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Integrating Technology in Today’s Undergraduate Classrooms: A Look at Students’ Perspectives

The authors present the findings of a small-scale study of student opinions drawn from an anonymous and voluntary survey in an undergraduate science c...

Teaching Competency in Scientific Research From Experimental Design to Presentation: Case Study of a U.S. Medical School in the Middle East

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Teaching Competency in Scientific Research From Experimental Design to Presentation: Case Study of a U.S. Medical School in the Middle East

This study involved a scientific research competency module taught to the first-year premedical student in a 6-year premedical–medical program at a...

Research and Teaching: Teaching Students How to Check Their Work While Solving Problems in Genetics

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Research and Teaching: Teaching Students How to Check Their Work While Solving Problems in Genetics

An essential component skill of monitoring and reflection during problem solving is work checking, a process used by experts while solving problems to...

Research and Teaching: Assessment of Graduate Teaching Assistants Enrolled in a Teaching Techniques Course

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Research and Teaching: Assessment of Graduate Teaching Assistants Enrolled in a Teaching Techniques Course

At the authors' public liberal arts institution, biology masters students are required to enroll in BIOL 5050: Teaching Techniques. Course topics incl...

Research and Teaching: Reenvisioning the Introductory Science Course as a Cognitive Apprenticeship

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Research and Teaching: Reenvisioning the Introductory Science Course as a Cognitive Apprenticeship

Introductory science courses play a critical role in the recruitment and retention of undergraduate science majors. In particular, first-year courses ...

Point of View: The Importance of Teaching Neuroscience Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

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Point of View: The Importance of Teaching Neuroscience Research at Historically Black Colleges and Universities

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses the importance of t...

Case Study: What Makes a Good Case, Revisited: The Survey Monkey Tells All

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Case Study: What Makes a Good Case, Revisited: The Survey Monkey Tells All

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

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