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In an attempt to increase student success in the physical sciences, the authors implemented a system of multiple education reforms in their general chemistry courses to reach diverse learning styles. Results from the…
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Enabling a Culture of Change: A Life Science Faculty Learning Community Promotes Scientific Teaching
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Significant challenges to education transformation in lecture-oriented science departments include initiating and supporting a dialogue about teaching and learning among faculty whose priorities are primarily research.…
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Are They Really Learning What We're Teaching? An Informal Survey and Student Self-Assessment
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While enrolled in either the first or second semester of a two-semester human anatomy and physiology sequence, students self-assessed their mastery of material presented in the prerequisite course. Fifty-seven percent…
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Learning by Heart: Students use heart rate patterns to identify nervous system imbalances
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In this article, students use computer-based sensors to detect beat-to-beat variations in heart rate, known as heart rate variability (HRV). HRV analysis is a rapidly evolving field of study, with connections to biology…
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At RMIT University, students may now elect to study infectious diseases through a course called Outbreak—The Detection and Control of Infectious Disease. Outbreak was designed to simulate in an online class the…
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The instructor of an integrated science course for nonscience majors embedded content-related video segments from YouTube and other similar internet sources into lecture. Through this study, the instructor wanted to…
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This article examines the students' mixed perceptions of the use of active learning techniques in undergraduate science lectures.
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Twentieth-century novelist and physicist C.P. Snow famously stated that solving the world’s complex problems requires collaboration between humanists and scientists. We agree with Snow and illustrate one integrated…
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Students are enthusiastic with the multi-resource learning environment in which multiple resources, such as the Internet, science posters, magazines, books, CD-ROMs, and inquiry labs are used in the learning process.…
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Introducing the software package “ClimProb” to their University of Nebraska-Lincoln students, the authors created a more exciting and interesting classroom environment by encouraging students to learn through critical…
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Science Fair Warm-Up, Grades 5–8: Learning the Practice of Scientists (e-book)
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Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many middle school students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help students…
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Science Fair Warm-Up, Teachers Guide: Learning the Practice of Scientists (e-book)
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Even science fair enthusiasts may dread grappling with these two questions: 1. How can you organize many students doing many different projects at the same time? 2. How can you help students while giving…
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Problem-Based Learning in the Earth and Space Science Classroom, K–12 (e-book)
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"There is a lot to like about this text, and I truly believe that teachers will both like it and use it. Implementing PBL is difficult for teachers, and few curriculum guides are available to support their efforts. This…
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The Feedback Loop: Using Formative Assessment Data for Science Teaching and Learning (e-book)
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What really helps your students learn science: Labs? Group work? Certain types of problems or test questions? Something you never even thought about? Find out with data that go way beyond what standardized test scores…
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