Journal of College Science Teaching articles from May 2008

Journal of College Science Teaching archives from May 2008

Death by PowerPoint?(POINT OF VIEW)
May 1, 2008... From our first exposure, presentation software (PowerPoint, Keynote, Corel Presentations, etc.) was exciting and very appealing and we have been using it regularly for almost 15 years. We have recently come full circle and are very reluctant to...

Height and long life.(HEADLINE SCIENCE)
May 1, 2008... 450 people participated in a longevity study conducted by physician scientist Nir Barzilai and his team at Albert Einstein College of Medicine, along with colleagues at UCLA and Johns Hopkins. The results showed that height might be linked to...

Bat coffee.(HEADLINE SCIENCE)
May 1, 2008... At Mexican organic coffee plantations, where pesticides are banned, bats and birds work night and day to control insect pests that might otherwise munch the crop. A study from University of Michigan (U-M) researchers shows that during the...

Experiencing the nature of science: an interactive, beginning-of-semester activity.(FAVORITE DEMONSTRATION)
May 1, 2008... Students are often anxious about taking their first college science course. Perhaps this can be attributed to difficulty with science in high school, or having an aversion to science in general. Studies show that part of this aversion may be a...

The energy retrofit of a building: a journey through bloom's learning domains.(Report)
May 1, 2008... In a 2005 issue of Peer Review devoted to science and engaged learning, Richard F. Vaz wrote the following: Virtually every important public concern involves scientific or technical issues. However, the extent to which...

Pedagogical issues in teaching upper-level science courses at a "community university".(Report)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Students in the United States may obtain postsecondary education at community colleges, liberal-arts colleges, midsized state universities, and large research universities. The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement...

Learning simple machines through cross-age collaborations.(Report)
May 1, 2008... College physics students design activities to teach simple machines to elementary students. As a result, the college students better understand basic physics principles and their own learning. ********** Teachers know that you never...

Development of a laboratory course in nonmajors general biology for distance education.(Report)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] A hands-on, nonmajors general biology laboratory course completed at home is described. Basic kits for nine lab units are supplied to students; students furnish some materials. Grades are based on reports, quizzes,...

Inquiry and connections in integrated science content courses for elementary education majors.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] The 2000 National Survey of Science and Mathematics Education showed that elementary teachers feel less qualified to teach science than any of the other subjects for which they are responsible, and that on a typical...

Scaling up education reform.
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Picture your favorite restaurant. Which aspects make it a relaxing, comfortable environment? What if you could take those aspects and apply them to a classroom? Imagine students seated at round tables, discussing...

A collaborative approach to incorporating statistics in the physiology classroom.(Report)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] An interdisciplinary approach incorporating statistics in the physiology classroom and physiological data in the statistics classroom is described here. The approach involved a collaboration of classes, addressing...

Promoting the use of higher-order cognitive skills in qualitative problem solving.(RESEARCH and TEACHING)(Report)
May 1, 2008... Student use of a modified quantitative problem-solving method suggests that it promotes the use of higher-order cognitive skills when solving qualitative problems. ********** GOAL--Gather, Organize, Analyze, and Learn--is a...

Uneasy lies the head.(Editorial)
May 1, 2008... Some years ago, I spoke with a good friend about the nature of work. At that point in our lives, we were working for different international corporations. My buddy Kevin made a statement that rang all too true: "They pay me too much money for...

Promoting rapid learning in the histology laboratory by integrating technology.(RESEARCH and TEACHING)(Report)
May 1, 2008... A challenging aspect for students in the histology laboratory is to locate specific morphological structures found on glass slides using light microscopes. In this study, student performance was evaluated with respect to the ability of students...

Sex and vaccination.(CASE STUDY)(Case study)
May 1, 2008... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Part I: A Texas tempest Texas Republican governor Rick Perry initiated a whirlwind of controversy on February 2, 2007, when he issued an executive order mandating that all girls entering into the state's public...

Trimorphic college science professors.(SCST: SOCIETY for COLLEGE SCIENCE TEACHERS)
May 1, 2008... The Society of College Science Teachers is an affiliate organization of NSTA with a long history of support for the Journal of College Science Teaching. The journal is proud to host the SCST column in which the leadership of SCST can share...