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A First-Year Experience Sequence for Science and Mathematics Majors
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This article outlines strategies and activities used at a large urban commuter campus in a first-year experience sequence run by the Department of Mathematics and Statistics for the College of Science.
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Measuring Molecules: An interdisciplinary lesson incorporates ecology and mathematics
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This interdisciplinary project investigates the enormous environment-polluting power of uncontrolled petroleum products. While focusing on mathematics and science, this exercise helps students to conceptually transfer…
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Adding Math to Biology: Teaching the mathematical basis of evolutionary biology
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Without a mathematical understanding of evolutionary theory, we leave students defenseless against shallow arguments and pseudoscience. In this activity, students study normal variation in coral size, and to do the…
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Society for College Science Teachers: The Importance of Mathematics in Biology Courses
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We do our students a great disservice if we do not involve them in the mathematical nature of biology. The lack of mathematics-based experiences in the sciences handicaps them and prevents them from being active in the…
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Teaching Science and Mathematics: Preservice Teachers' Perceptions of Knowledge Needs
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This article describes an activity, entitled preservice elementary teachers science and mathematics activity, designed to expose preservice elementary teachers to the multiple domains of teacher knowledge for science…
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Integrating Biology, Chemistry, and Mathematics to Evaluate Global Water Problems
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An interdisciplinary and context-driven course focused on global water issues was developed and taught at the college level. Students designed a semester-long research project, collected and analyzed data, and…
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Retaining Students in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) Majors
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This article presents results relating undergraduate student retention in STEM majors to the use of Peer Instruction (PI) in an introductory physics course at a highly selective research institution. The authors compare…