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Getting the Most Out of Dual-Listed Courses: Involving Undergraduate Students in Discussion Through Active Learning Techniques

This article provides readers with details concerning the implementation of four active learning techniques used to help undergraduate students critically discuss primary literature. On the basis of undergraduate and graduate student perceptions and ...

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Turning Scientific Presentations Into Stories

To increase students’ confidence in giving scientific presentations, students were shown how to present scientific findings as a narrative story. Students who were preparing to give a scientific talk attended a workshop in which they were encourage...

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Geographic Affiliation and Sense of Place: Influences on Incoming Online Students' Geological and Meteorological Content Knowledge

Knowing an individual’s geographic affiliation may be useful in evaluating a student’s previous knowledge. To test this hypothesis, students in an online master’s program were given presurveys to evaluate their previous knowledge in meteorolog...

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Interactive Taste Tests Enhance Student Learning

If we could effectively engage students in general science curricula and lead them to recognize the everyday relevance of scientific concepts, we would significantly strengthen the understanding of science among our nation’s future workforce. This...

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Using Reading Quizzes in STEM Classes—The What, Why, and How

Many active learning pedagogies depend on students’ preparing for class in advance. One common method for holding students accountable for this preparation is the use of reading quizzes. When used thoughtfully, reading quizzes can also actually pro...

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Editorial: Heavy in August

The Journal of College Science Teaching’s editor shares thoughts regarding the current issue....

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Point of View: The Next Generation Science Standards: Impact on College Science Teaching

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. This month’s issue discusses why college teachers should become familiar with the NGSS....

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Two-Year Community: The Use of Journaling to Assess Student Learning and Acceptance of Evolutionary Science

Journal writing was introduced as a means to assess student learning and acceptance of evolutionary science in a nonmajors’ biology course taught at a community college. Fourteen weeks of instruction were performed, each initiated by student-center...

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Case Study: A Peek Behind the Curtain of Tenure and Promotion

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. This month’s issue describes a survey that looks at the system for tenure and promotion....

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Research and Teaching: Assessing the Effect of Problem-Based Learning on Undergraduate Student Learning in Biomechanics

The aim of this study was to assess the effect of using the problem-based learning (PBL) teaching strategy on student academic achievement and secondary learning outcomes when compared with the traditional lecture (TL) for an undergraduate Biomechan...

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Research and Teaching: Investigating Preservice Teachers' Self-Efficacy Through Saturday Science

This study reports on preservice teachers’ reported feelings of confidence with learning and teaching science relative to their participation in a science enrichment program. Through Saturday Science, local families are invited to explore various ...

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Research and Teaching: Data Visualization Literacy: Investigating Data Interpretation Along the Novice–Expert Continuum

In the STEM fields, adequate proficiency in reading and interpreting graphs is widely held as a central element for scientific literacy given the importance of data visualizations to succinctly present complex information. Although prior research esp...