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Writing a Scientific Research ("Testable") Question: The First Step in Using Online Data Sets for Guided Inquiry Assignments

This study examines preservice elementary teachers' ability to generate a testable question using data made accessible online through the Great Lakes Environmental Research Laboratory and Michigan Sea Grant....

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Lessons Learned From a Summer Preparatory Program on Foundations in Physics and Calculus

This article presents details about a summer instructional program created by physics graduate students who sought a chance to help students from the local community and to gain greater experience teaching science and math. The students initiated, de...

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Undergraduate Biology Lab Courses: Comparing the Impact of Traditionally Based "Cookbook" and Authentic Research-Based Courses on Student Lab Experiences

This study compares a cookbook-type laboratory course to a research-based undergraduate biology laboratory course at a Research 1 institution. The results indicate that students in the research-based lab had more positive attitudes toward authentic r...

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Factors Related to Students' Learning of Biomechanics Concepts

The purpose of the study described in this article was to replicate and expand a previous study to identify the factors that affect students' learning of biomechanical concepts....

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Motivation Toward a Graduate Career in the Physical Sciences: Gender Differences and the Impact on Science Career Productivity

This study examines gender differences in the motivation to embark on graduate careers in physics and chemistry and whether this motivation can predict select future success outcomes for physical scientists....

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Argument-Driven Inquiry in Undergraduate Chemistry Labs: The Impact on Students' Conceptual Understanding, Argument Skills, and Attitudes Toward Science

This article describes a new instructional model called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI), which is designed to promote student engagement in processes of investigation design and scientific argumentation. The ADI instructional model is compared with a m...

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Looking Back to Move Ahead: How Students Learn Geologic Time by Predicting Future Environmental Impacts

This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project discusses the effectiveness of using distance metaphor-building activities along with a case study exam to help undergraduate nonscience majors understand and apply geologic time....

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Long-Term Impact of Service Learning in Environmental Studies

Long-term impacts from a senior course in Environmental Studies were evaluated by a survey of program graduates who had participated in the course over an eight-year period. Survey respondents indicated that the course had stewardship, fostering the ...

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Guest Editorial: From the Framework to the Next Generation Science Standards: What Will It Mean for STEM Faculty?

The author examines important issues related to A Framework for K–12 Science Education, the Standards, and college teachers....

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Engaging Undergraduates Through Interdisciplinary Research in Nanotechnology

A small public university recruits and retains more students in all science disciplines by implementing an interdisciplinary strategy focusing on nanotechnology and enhanced undergraduate research....

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Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses

The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why research is performed, what informa...

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Case Study: Stereochemistry of Drug Action: Case Studies With Enantiomers

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 case study exercise with optical isomers reinforces newly learned material on stereoch...