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A Serendipitous Benefit of a Teaching-Exploration Program at a Large Public University: Creating a STEM Workforce That Supports Teachers and Public Education

This study surveyed students who had participated over a 10-year period in California Teach courses, which integrate evidence-based, best practices of...

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Improving Undergraduate Climate Change Literacy Through Writing: A Pilot Study

A climate-literate population, capable of making informed decisions related to climate change, is of critical importance as society faces ever-increas...

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Issues with Tissues: A Tale of Gameful Learning in an Introductory Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Course

An introductory undergraduate biology laboratory session about vertebrate tissues was gamified to elucidate the effects of gameful learning on student...

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An Integrated Approach to Training Graduate Teaching Assistants

We describe the implementation of a graduate teaching assistant (GTA) training program in the Department of Chemistry designed to integrate with the p...

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Research and Teaching: Writing to Learn in the Natural Sciences: Does Source Material Matter?

For over 4 decades, educational researchers have been studying best practices for introducing writing into the curriculum. One successful strategy, a ...

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Research and Teaching: Integrating Lecture and Laboratory in Health Sciences Courses Improves Student Satisfaction and Performance

Students often struggle in introductory health sciences courses; some students have difficulty in upper level classes. To address this, the authors c...

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Research and Teaching: Delivery of Summative Assessment Matters for Improving At-Risk Student Learning

This study investigates how summative assessments could be used to reduce the achievement gap among at-risk groups of students in an introductory biol...

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Research and Teaching: The Impact of a Four-Step Laboratory Pedagogical Framework on Biology Students’ Perceptions of Laboratory Skills, Knowledge, and Interest in Research

Authentic undergraduate research laboratory experiences are essential to aid in the implementation of science education reform mandates and to effecti...

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Two-Year Community: Resolving Misconceptions Through Student Reflections

This study aimed to identify and resolve misconceptions in three important STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) courses by using s...

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Case Study: Puttin’ On the Ritz: How to Put Science Into Cases

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. T...

Book Chapter

Maglevs, Maps, and Magnets

This lesson introduces students to the module and the culminating challenge for the module—the Maglevacation Train Challenge. The focus is on train ...

Book Chapter

Trains Through Time

This lesson provides information to enable students to identify the connection between the westward expansion of the United States and the proliferati...

Book Chapter

Portable People

In this lesson, students explore passenger train travel today and compare it with other modes of transportation, using the jigsaw learning method. The...

Book Chapter

Speeding Ahead–The Maglevacation Train Challenge

In this lesson, students apply their knowledge of mapping, geography, trains, and science concepts related to magnetism and speed to design their Magl...