All Journal of College Science Teaching resources

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Science and Me: A Student-Driven Science Outreach Program for Lay Adult Audiences

The increasing need for communicating science to the public suggests that future scientists and science educators should be educated in science outrea...

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Point of View: Teaching Good Writing, Why Bother?

An opinion piece about whether teachers of science should teach writing....

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Research and Teaching: Designing a Blended Course: Using ADDIE to Guide Instructional Design

The ADDIE (analysis, design, development, implementation, and evaluation) model was applied to help redesign a General Chemistry course to improve stu...

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Research and Teaching: Online Homework and Student Achievement in a Large Enrollment Introductory Science Course

This article discusses a six-year study that involved an evaluation of whether student-learning gains for an online homework system could be sustained...

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Research and Teaching: Yes I Can: The Contributions of Motivation and Attitudes on Course Performance Among Biology Nonmajors

This article discusses instruments given to undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory biology course for nonmajors. These instruments assesse...

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Is There a "Back" of the Room When the Teacher Is in the Middle?

This article describes a study of student seating habits in both a traditional lecture hall with the instructor in the front and in a SCALE-UP (Studen...

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Closing the Loop: Involving Faculty in the Assessment of Scientific and Quantitative Reasoning Skills of Biology Majors

The Biology Department at James Madison University assesses scientific and quantitative reasoning skills in STEM majors in a content-independent manne...

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Developing "Green" Business Plans: Using Entrepreneurship to Teach Science to Business Administration Majors and Business to Biology Majors

Biology majors team with business administration majors to develop proposals for "green" enterprise for a business plan competition. The experience gi...