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Use of Interrupted Case Studies to Promote Argumentation in Chemistry
There has been an increase in the number of studies about educational scenarios aimed at promoting argumentation. Special attention is given to scenarios involving case studies. In this article, we report on the application of an interrupted case stu...
By Salete Linhares Queiroz, Mikeas Silva de Lima, and Douglas Gomes Lima dos Santos
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Many undergraduates use research internships to gain experience for graduate school. Science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) programs involve heavy research and lab work duties, for which students are often unprepared and lack oppo...
By Adam T. Murry, Nan Yuan, and Dean Atkinson
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A Mixed-Methods Analysis of Perspectives Toward Learning Assistant–Faculty Relationships
Learning Assistant (LA) programs oversee and support undergraduate instructors and faculty members who work together to facilitate student learning in a variety of classroom settings. The success of an LA program is tied to experiences of the parti...
By Cameron J. Hill, Anthony P. Barrasso, and Kathryn E. Spilios
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Visual elements such as graphs, tables, and diagrams are essential components of scientific writing. Although scientific writing textbooks and guides often contain information on how to design such visuals, little has been written on how to effecti...
By Cary Moskovitz
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How Do Students Interact With the Primary Scientific Literature in an Undergraduate Science Program?
The ability to read, understand, and interpret primary scientific literature is an essential skill for undergraduate students in science. This study aimed to provide a detailed understanding of how second- and third-year undergraduate students in a...
By Yi Hou, Heather Verkade, Jan van Driel
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Despite more women and underrepresented students entering engineering, there are still gaps in achievement. A potential remedy is to establish equitable team dynamics during groupwork. Groupware systems have been implemented in the workforce and, r...
By Christine King, Kameryn Denaro, and Brian Sato
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Newspaper Physics for First-Year College Students
This article describes and illustrates a physics course for first-year college students whose only knowledge of physics is that they do not like the subject. The physics content is driven entirely by what appears in the daily newspapers and general...
By E. J. Bahng, John Hauptman, and Jennifer Lowery
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This article describes a website called The Tachyon Nexus (no relation to Tachyon Nexus Inc.), which includes reliable information about the controversial subjects of time travel and faster-than-light particles known as tachyons. This compendium of...
By Robert Ehrlich
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Preservice Teachers’ Meaningful Science Learning
This article describes how preservice elementary teachers learn about the nature of science and develop scientific literacy through a collaborative project that prepares them to design meaningful learning experiences for students. The Life’s Repl...
By Lizzette M. Velázquez Rivera and Isaris R. Quiñones Pérez
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Using a Game to Teach Invasive Species Spread and Management
Invasive species are a major ecological and economic problem at the global scale, and education plays a major role in raising awareness and combating these species’ future spread. There are complex management and economic issues associated with p...
By Joshua Lord
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Teaching Assistant Responses to COVID-19
Undergraduate and graduate teaching assistants (TAs) are tasked with instructing undergraduate courses with little to no professional development (PD). To better develop PD opportunities, it is important to understand the benefits of improving TAs�...
By Cody Smith, Deepika Menon, Annette Wierzbicki, and Jenny Dauer
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The Role of Question-Asking in Mentoring Undergraduate Research
Undergraduate research is a high-impact educational practice for which effective mentoring has been identified as a key factor in determining its success. Some researchers have argued that effective mentors help increase students’ independence an...
By Sara L. Johnson and George M. Bodner
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Service-Learning Through Citizen Science in a COVID-Adapted Classroom
Classrooms were turned upside down amid the global COVID-19 pandemic, which began approximately halfway through the spring 2020 semester. A service-learning project was implemented in my section of a general biology course for majors. With the shutdo...
By Joanna J. Cielocha
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A Process of Pedagogical Change in College Science Education
This article aims to explore the experiences of science instructors who are active participants in the design and enactment of an interdisciplinary science course with student-centered pedagogy in a large-enrollment class. The data were collected thr...
By Ozden Sengul
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Computing in Bioinformatics and Engaged Student Learning
The field of biology education—and other science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) disciplines more broadly—has witnessed two major shifts in the past decade: (i) the increased awareness of research-based instructional strategies (...
By Tina A. Marcroft, Chris Rasmussen, and Scott T. Kelley