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Research and Teaching: Incorporating Active Learning Techniques Into a Genetics Class

We revised a sophomore-level genetics class to more actively engage the students in their learning. The students worked in groups on quizzes using the...

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First-Year Students Benefit From Reading Primary Research Articles

Primary research articles discuss aspects of scientific inquiry that are important in understanding the nature of science. Yet, most introductory scie...

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Taming the Testing/Grading Cycle in Lecture Classes Centered Around Open-Ended Assessment

Testing strategies centered around open-ended assessments are generally thought to result in deeper learning compared with close-ended questioning. Ho...

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A Twenty-Year Survey of Science Literacy Among College Undergraduates

First results from a 20-year survey of science knowledge and attitudes toward science among undergraduates are presented. Nearly 10,000 students takin...

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Does Active Learning Improve Students’ Knowledge of and Attitudes Toward Research Methods?

We incorporated an active, collaborative-based research project in our undergraduate Research Methods course for first-year sports medicine majors. Wo...

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A Thoughtful Approach to Instruction: Course Transformation for the Rest of Us

Faculty often wish to devote time and resources to improve a course to be more in line with principles of how people learn but are not sure of the bes...

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Point of View: When Problems on Exams Are Harder Than the Identical Problems in the Homework

Have you ever had a student approach you after an exam, asserting that the problems on the exam were much harder than the homework you assigned—yet ...

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Research and Teaching: The Development of a Novel Measure of Scientific Reasoning Growth Among College Freshman—The Constructive Inquiry Science Reasoning Skills Test

The development of students’ science reasoning abilities is a goal of science education. Researchers measure science reasoning using a variety of in...

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Students’ Perceptions of Using Personal Response Systems (“Clickers”) With Case in Science

The authors explored whether a new pedagogy using personal response systems (clickers) along with case study teaching improved students’ perceptions...

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Case Study: In Case You Are Interested—Results of a Survey of Case Study Teachers

Case study teaching had a long tradition in law and business before it made the jump to medical school education in the form of Problem-Based Learning...

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Research and Teaching: Online Homework, Help or Hindrance? What Students Think and How They Perform

To improve students’ retention rates in general chemistry, online homework was introduced into our curriculum. Replacing quizzes directly by online ...

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JCST Sunsets Favorite Demonstration Column

The Journal of College Science Teaching announces that this long-running column will be discontinued. We will continue to publish those articles which...