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What to Expect With Group Work
Instructors who wish to take advantage of the benefits of collaborative group work often hesitate over concerns about conflict or problems that arise ...
By Peggy Brickman, Austin Lannen, and Jill Beyette
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Primary Literature in Undergraduate Science Courses
Primary literature—consisting of novel peer-reviewed articles and conference proceedings—has been associated with several positive outcomes for st...
By Jeremy David Sloane
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Implementing Peer-Led Team Learning and Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning in an Organic Chemistry Course
Peer-Led Team Learning (PLTL) is a small-group, collaborative problem-solving model that has significantly increased student performance in a variety ...
By Sarah Beth Wilson and Pratibha Varma-Nelson
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Whether to engage student preconceptions to facilitate conceptual change is an area of debate among conceptual change theorists. Here, we evaluate the...
By Leilani A. Arthurs, Justin Elwonger, and Chelsie M. Kowalski
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Balancing Individual and Collective Agency in Informal STEM Learning Experiences
By David Schouweiler and Sara C. Heredia
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Online software systems are extensively used to give students practice on course content, especially in mathematics and physics courses. They offer in...
By Philip Matchett Wood and Vijesh Bhute
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As undergraduate institutions rely more heavily on teaching assistants (TAs) they are simultaneously encouraging implementation of course-based resear...
By Magdalene K. Moy, Penny L. Hammrich and Karen Kabnick
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We describe a hands-on, collaborative activity designed to illustrate general properties of evolution, provide practice for quantitative skills, promo...
By Kelly A. Carscadden, Molly T. McDermott, Sheela P. Turbek, Silas B. Tittes and Andrew P. Martin
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Formative assessment has been shown to be a critical activity for promoting meaningful understanding in the classroom. Systematic engagement in format...
By Young Ae Kim, Jonathan Cox, Katelyn M. Southard, Lisa Elfring, Paul Blowers and Vicente Talanquer
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Modifying Traditional Labs to Target Scientific Reasoning
This article showcases how a physics lab course was successfully redesigned to promote important reasoning abilities not explicitly addressed in the t...
By Kathleen Koenig, Krista E. Wood, Larry J. Bortner and Lei Bao
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Critical thinking skills are sought after in the workforce and are often included in course, departmental, and programmatic learning objectives. ...
By Elizabeth Co
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Modifying Scientific Research Into Introductory Science Course Lessons Using a 5E Lesson Format
Science faculty are being asked to create active learning experiences that engage students in core concepts and science practices. This article descri...
By Robert Idsardi, Daniel A. Hahn, Julie R. Bokor and Julie A. Luft