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Targeted Test Revision—Another Approach to Science Testing: Treating Physics Learning as a Work in Progress

The essential feature of the "targeted test revision" process is that students are encouraged to rework exam problems that they did not complete succe...

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What Works in the Nonmajors' Science Laboratory: Some Practical Advice on How to Build a Workable and Meaningful Introductory Science Laboratory

Science laboratories can be "cookbook" or discovery based. Since nonmajors usually lack experience in and motivation for the laboratory, a balanced us...

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Point of View: Is Learning Just a Matter of Tricks? So Why are We Educating? A Rude Awakening for a Science Educator—Promoting Meaning Becomes an Endangered Concept

This column shares reflections or thoughtful opinions on issues of broad interest to the community. In this month’s issue find out what the author f...

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Guest Editorial: Inner Guidelines for Undergraduate Teaching—Some Thoughts, News, and Views on K-16 Science Education

An opinion piece about undergraduate teaching where the author shares inner guidelines derived from more than 40 years of teaching in hope that they m...

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Introducing College Students to the Scientific Literature and the Library: Analyzing the Scientific Method of Researchers in the Library Component of a Washington State University Course for Nonmajors

In this article, the author helped incorporate a library component into an experimental section of Environmental Science/Resource Planning—a class f...

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Research and Teaching: The Cognitive Profile Model of Learning Styles: Differences in Student Achievement in General Chemistry—Considering the Ways Our Students Learn and Teaching to Their Strengths

At Clemson University, a study was conducted to establish relevance and significance of a new model to describe individual differences in learning pat...

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Stressed Stream Analysis—Addressing Environmental Problems in Local Communities: Using Environmental Impact Analysis as a Unifying Theme

For environmental science education to be effective, students must be exposed to the way environmental science is done in the real world. In this arti...

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SCST: The Scholarship of College Science Teaching—A Statement from the Society for College Science Teachers

In this column the leadership of the SCST shares its views with JCST readers. This month's issue features the position statement on the scholarship of...