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Research and Teaching: Teaching and Learning in Exercise Science: Contributing to the Health of the Nation?

Students of exercise science are well positioned to facilitate a shift of the nation's attitude on health care from disease treatment to disease prevention. This report chronicles the authors' efforts toward transforming the exercise physiology core ...

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The Accreditation Process for Science: The Path Leads to Unintended (Positive) Consequences

This article discusses how a community of scholars came together to create assessments across science departments for a teacher preparation program in secondary science teaching....

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Extended Problem-Based Learning Improves Scientific Communication in Senior Biology Students

This article describes a model of extended problem-based learning that instructed upper-level undergraduate students to focus on a single biological problem while improving their critical-thinking, presentation, and scientific-writing skills....

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Research and Teaching: Does Students' Source of Knowledge Affect Their Understanding of Volcanic Systems?

This article discusses a Volcanic Concept Survey, an instrument designed to measure conceptual understanding of volcanic processes and hazards. Scores from this survey show that students who learned about volcanoes from nontraditional sources, such a...

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Case Study: The Chemistry of Cocaine

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 focuses on the chemistry of cocaine to teach a number of core concepts in o...

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Favorite Demonstration: Visual Aid to Demonstrate Change of State and Gas Pressure With Temperature

The visual aid described in this article is designed to demonstrate the change in state of matter with the change of temperature and the change of pressure with temperature....

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Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Research Experiences From a Longitudinal Perspective

The purpose of this study was to investigate the educational enhancements of undergraduate research experiences participation from the perspective of practicing scientists in chemistry and physics....