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SoTL Clusters: Faculty-focused Needs-Based Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Support
To further teaching and learning, there has been a push to engage faculty to pursue research on teaching. With the recognition that science research o...
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Embedding Study Skills in STEM Courses to Increase Retention and Success: A Quantitative Study
This study was conducted to determine if embedding effective study skills within a course would result in an increased use of these skills and, theref...
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Comparison of Knowledge Gained in a Face-to-Face versus an Online College-Level Nutrition Course
Although evidence exists that online education can result in comparable outcomes as the equivalent face-to-face (F2F) version, there is still a dearth...
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How many times have you found yourself sitting in a cafeteria or classroom staring at a professional development PowerPoint being presented by someone...
By Adriana E. Martinez and Alejandra O. Martinez
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Student Uncertainty as a Pedagogical Resource (SUPeR)
As suggested in A Framework for K–12 Science Education (National Research Council 2012), “Scientific knowledge is a particular kind of knowledge w...
By Jamie Rapkiewcz, Jongchan Park, Ying-Chih Chen, and Michelle E. Jordan
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Academic food security aims to provide students with sufficient access to knowledge (one key academic nutrient) in order to limit intellectual hunger....
By Thomas M. Onorato, Nathalie Oulhen, Gerardo Reyes, Stephany Foster, Cosmo A. Pieplow, Janet E. Rollins, Jacqueline A. Brashears, Claudette Davis, Ian Alberts, Ingrid D. Veras, and Gary M. Wessel
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Comparing Undergraduate Nature of Science Views in Traditional Versus Inquiry-Taught Science Courses
This qualitative study compares the views about nature of science (NOS) between students enrolled in a traditional lecture and laboratory course and s...
By Alex T. St. Louis and Hayat Hokayem
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Teaching Preservice Teachers the Water Cycle With a Conceptual Change Model
The purposes of this study were to examine preservice elementary teachers’ conception of the water cycle; determine if participating in a conceptual...
By Patricia Morrell and Adele Schepige
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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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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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Collaboration Through Critical Service Learning—In Search of Earth’s Secrets
By Faye Bruun, Katherine Dion, Kimberly Moore, Robin Johnson, Cherie McCollough, and Carmen Tejeda-Delgado
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The COVID-19 pandemic forced instructors to suddenly pivot from in-person to remote teaching and students to rapidly adapt their learning strategies. ...
By Pouya Bahrami, Denice Blanco, Hannah Thetford, Li Ye, and Julia Y. K. Chan
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How I Inadvertently Misled Some Students
Clear key results and simple figures have clear advantages when teaching. However, these same properties can mislead some students. I provide examples...
By Mark Milanick
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Big Books Have a Big Impact on Elementary Science Education
Preservice elementary teachers are faced with the daunting task of learning enough about every subject to support their students’ development of fou...
By Rachel Hallett-Njuguna