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Using the Draw-a-Scientist Test for Inquiry and Evaluation

This article describes the use of the Draw-a-Scientist Test as both a model for inquiry and as a method of assessing the affective domain....

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Examinations That Support Collaborative Learning: The Students' Perspective

The authors used surveys and classroom observations to examine student reactions to two-stage exams, where students first do the exam individually and then redo it collaboratively....

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Metacognition: An Effective Tool to Promote Success in College Science Learning

This article describes a case study in which metacognition was introduced to undergraduate science (chemistry) classrooms.The aim of the study was to instruct educators how to incorporate metacognition in college science classrooms, and the improved ...

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Explorations in Integrated Science

This article describes a third-year undergraduate course that focuses on multiscale modeling and protein folding and has as its primary goal the encouragement of students to integrate thinking across and beyond disciplinary boundaries....

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Editorial: Good Things

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

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Two-Year Community: Cultivating the STEM Transfer Pathway and Capacity for Research: A Partnership Between a Community College and a 4-Year College

Summer research experiences have been identified as important vehicles for fostering the learning, skill development, and retention of undergraduates in the sciences. In the initiative described in this article, community college faculty and students...

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Case Study: A Picture Worth a Thousand Words? Making a Case for Video Case Studies

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 discusses video case studies....

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Research and Teaching: Student Success Indicators Associated With Clicker-Administered Quizzes in an Honors Introductory Biology Course

The authors describe a study in which an honors biology instructor implemented clickers as a mechanism for students to complete in-class quizzes....

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Research and Teaching: Project-Based Instruction With Future STEM Educators: An Interdisciplinary Approach

This study documented the means by which STEM educators experienced the mathematics and science associated with understanding lunar phenomena. The article reports how well STEM education graduate students interacted with project-based materials as th...