Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2020

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Confusing Science Vocabulary: When Negative Is Positive!

By Mark Milanick

Journal Article

Student-Constructed Weather Instruments Facilitate Scientific Inquiry

Students in introductory college science courses often have a simplified understanding of the scientific method. To introduce students to the comple...

By Cindy Shellito

Postsecondary

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Evaluating Information: The Impact of Major, Class Standing, and Experience With Primary Literature

Social media platforms and other internet sites may propagate inaccurate or misleading information. This misinformation encourages speculation, rumo...

By Shawn Stover and Michelle Mabry

Postsecondary

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A Team-Taught Interdisciplinary First-Year Seminar With a Focus on Blood

First-Year Seminars (FYS) offer a unique mode of introducing college students to new topics, research practices, and approaches to learning that the...

By Adele J. Wolfson and Justin Armstrong

Postsecondary

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A Learning Tool for Chemistry and Health Professions Students: Mnemonics for Writing Net Ionic Equations

Chemical mnemonic devices have been designed to aid students in understanding chemical concepts in previous years. This has been done for concepts suc...

By Angela L. Mahaffey

Postsecondary Chemistry Teaching Strategies

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Teamwork Makes the Dream Work: Using Team-Based Learning in the Science Classroom

With an overwhelming amount of research and a demand for collaborative learning in the classroom, teachers are tackling challenges at all educationa...

By Virginia J. Moore, Elizabeth Mitchell Prewitt, Amber Jean Carpenter-McCullough, and Brooke A. Whitworth

Postsecondary

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An Introvert’s Perspective: Analyzing the Impact of Active Learning on Multiple Levels of Class Social Personalities in an Upper Level Biology Course

With calls to reassess higher education teaching methods, active learning practices have quickly become a popular alternative to traditional lecture...

By William C. Beckerson, Jennifer O. Anderson, John D. Perpich , and Debbie Yoder-Himes

Postsecondary

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Clickers Are Not Enough: Results of a Decade-Long Study Investigating Instructional Strategies in Chemistry

Studies on the effectiveness of clickers in undergraduate chemistry courses are mixed, and there is disagreement on how to effectively leverage clic...

By David J. Weiss, Patrick McGuire, Wendi Clouse, and Raphael Sandoval

Postsecondary

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Building First-Year Science Writing Skills With an Embedded Writing Instruction Program

An important foundational skill developed in an undergraduate science program is the ability to find, critically evaluate, and communicate scientifi...

By David Dansereau, L. E. Carmichael, and Brian Hotson

Postsecondary