Journal of College Science Teaching articles from November 2006

Journal of College Science Teaching archives from November 2006

Spontaneous Generation.(college students)
November 1, 2006... Byline: Ann Cutler Ann Cutler I'm sure you've heard the cynical definition of the Golden Rule: He who has the gold makes the rules. I don't consider myself particularly cynical, but I see some truth in this statement every day in my...

Civic Engagement in the Classroom.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Margaret Avard Science educators are well-positioned to incorporate civic engagement into the classroom by the natural suitability of the subject matter. There are many ways that we may engage students in community matters to...

Using a Demonstration for an End-of-Semester Review.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Joseph E. Vitt Conventional wisdom has it that first impressions are important; not surprisingly, the first day of class is marked with a special significance. Numerous authors have published suggestions for college science faculty...

Case Studies and the Media.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Frank J. Dinan In the fall of 1975, I went to the Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. to see the political comedian Mark Russell. His routine focused on the Watergate scandal, the comic/tragic drama that was unfolding at that time....

A Cognitive-Apprenticeship-Inspired Instructional Approach for Teaching Scientific Reading and Writing.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Yifat Ben-David Kolikant , David W. Gatchell, Penny L. Hirsch, and Robert A. Linsenmeier Reading and writing scientific literature is an indispensable part of a scientist's work. Specifically, scientific literature is arguably the...

Research Collaboration With Learning-Diabled Students.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Laura Muller The number of programs that sponsor undergraduate research experiences has grown as faculty have recognized the dual value of empowering our students to research answers to questions generated by their own curiosity as...

Science News and the Science Classroom.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Laura McCullough I think you and all the other professors should do this [assignment] every semester in all their classes. As science teachers, we attempt to accomplish many goals in our classes. Learning science content is...

Retaining Undergraduate Women in Science, Mathematics, and Engineering.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Ajda Kahveci, Sherry A. Southerland, and Penny J. Gilmer The issue of women's underrepresentation in science, mathematics, and engineering (SM&E) fields in the United States, in both education and the workforce (Moore 2001; NSB...

Online Class Review.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Marc Loudon and Mark Sharp When students complete a class session in which lecturing is one (or the only) component of the teaching style, the long-term effectiveness of the class, from a student perspective, depends significantly...

Two-Dimensional, Implicit Confidence Tests as a Tool for Recognizing Student Misconceptions.
November 1, 2006... Byline: Michael W. Klymkowsky, Linda B. Taylor, Shana R. Spindler, and R. Kathy Garvin-Doxas It is well established that a major barrier to learning are the misconceptions that students bring with them into the classroom or that develop...

Evaluating the Use of Inquiry-Based Activities: Do Student and Teacher Behaviors Really Change?
November 1, 2006... Byline: Jennifer Cianciolo, Luke Flory, and Jonathan Atwell Several studies have found that inquiry-based teaching and learning methods positively affect student performance (e.g., Thacker et al. 1994; Magnussen Ishido, and Itano 2000), and...

Cheatin' Ain't the Cowboy Way.(academic integrity)
November 1, 2006... Byline: Donald P. French That may be the hokiest title you've read in this journal, but it is my response to a serious issue recently being addressed by my university with great zeal-academic integrity. On August 1, 2006, a new policy went...