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Guided by self-determination theory to design an authentic learning environment, we attempted repeated engagement in critical evaluation of evidence t...
By Guang Jin, Alicia Wodika, Rebekka Darner, and Jianwei Lai
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Online laboratories can be an effective way to introduce students to lab concepts while providing flexibility, increased access, and reduced costs. Ho...
By Colin Harrison, Clarke Britton, Hannah Shin, and Yassin Watson
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Examining Self-Efficacy, Science Identity, and Sense of Belonging Within a Cohort-Based STEM Program
Since 2010, the National Science Foundation (NSF)–funded Science, Technology, and Math Preparation Scholarships (STAMPS) project has provided financ...
By Ayesha S. Boyce, Cherie Avent, Adeyemo Adetogun, Christopher Hall, Lynn Sametz, P. Lee Phillips, Amelia Kane, Jeffrey Patton, Kimberly Petersen, and Malcolm Schug
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Existing processes for academic peer review can yield unnecessarily harsh critiques that focus on any vulnerability rather than constructive feedback ...
By Lekelia D. Jenkins
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Undergraduate Summer Research Program in the Midst of a Pandemic
Although many summer undergraduate research programs made the decision to delay, cancel, or suspend their summer experiences in response to the corona...
By Ethell Vereen, Munichia McCalla, Joshua Fullerton, and Cynthia Trawick
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Although argumentation is a critical historical component of scientific literacy, the recent coronavirus pandemic and associated issues have highlight...
By David C. Owens, Noah P. Sheridan, and Amanda L. Townley
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Using Fiction and Nonfiction Readings in Climate Change Education
Facts about climate change are often ineffective in impacting people’s climate change beliefs or environmentally related behaviors. Multiple theorie...
By Alison Singer, Caitlin Kirby, and Eleanor Rappolee
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More than 8 out of every 10 college students are not STEM majors, yet we have little understanding about learning expectations for them. We used the r...
By Austin Heil, Cara Gormally, and Peggy Brickman
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Undergraduate STEM students may be overwhelmed by the complex information they are exposed to during their education. Even so, there are a handful of ...
By Nora Demers
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Student Self-Care in the Sciences
Instructor support is associated with various positive outcomes for students. Self-care (taking care of one’s physical, mental, and emotional health...
By Carly Yadon
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Development and Implementation of an Undergraduate STEM Peer Coaching Program
Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) experiences have academic, psychological, and social challenges that require ad...
By Laura E. Swann, Jonathan L. Hall, Katie Vaccaro-Garska, Samantha R. Seals, and Pamela P. Benz
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Using a Socioscientific Issues Approach in an Undergraduate Environmental Science Course
A perennial goal of science educators is to develop functional scientific literacy in their students, especially those who will not become professiona...
By Mark H. Newton
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Emphasis on Quality in iNaturalist Plant Collections Enhances Learning and Research Utility
Following the switch to remote online teaching in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the plant taxonomy course at the University of Georgia (UGA) swit...
By Mason C. McNair, Chelsea M. Sexton, and Mark Zenoble
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The COVID-19 pandemic led to a series of emergency transitions to online learning for academic institutions around the world. Previous studies have sh...
By Kathleen Hefferon and Esther Angert
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Educators are increasingly recognizing that significant amounts of science learning take place over the course of one’s lifetime and that much of th...
By M. Gail Jones and Megan Ennes