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Love, Brian E.; Bennett, Lisa J. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
An activity is described in which students in the first semester of a two semester organic chemistry laboratory class are introduced to the use of SciFinder. Students are required to determine the structures of three compounds as well as additional information regarding the synthesis of one of them using some of the features available in SciFinder.
Descriptors: Science Activities, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, College Science
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Hawkins, Amy J.; Stark, Louisa A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Climate change is at the forefront of our cultural conversation about science, influencing everything from presidential debates to Leonardo DiCaprio's 2016 Oscar acceptance speech. The topic is becoming increasingly socially and scientifically relevant but is no closer to being resolved. Most high school students take a life science course but…
Descriptors: Climate, Science Instruction, Biological Sciences, Misconceptions
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Cannoy, Sherrie Drye – Journal of Applied Research for Business Instruction, 2015
Integrating interdisciplinary social studies topics and social responsibility concepts into a business education class can be meaningful for student learning. The discipline of social studies includes multiple areas such as economics, history, sociology, and anthropology. Social responsibility in a business sense means that companies are concerned…
Descriptors: Social Responsibility, Social Studies, Business Administration Education, Computer Science Education
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Rae, John – Computers and Education, 1990
Describes a case study approach to teaching database design principles to undergraduate students that is based on a library database. Topics discussed include database management systems, relational models, entity relationship models, many-to-many relationships, normalization, and producing a working database. (three references) (LRW)
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Science Education, Computer System Design, Database Management Systems
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Lima, Andre O. S.; Garces, Sergio P. S. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2006
Bioinformatics is one of the fastest growing scientific areas over the last decade. It focuses on the use of informatics tools for the organization and analysis of biological data. An example of their importance is the availability nowadays of dozens of software programs for genomic and proteomic studies. Thus, there is a growing field (private…
Descriptors: Information Science, Biology, Undergraduate Students, Problem Based Learning
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Adalian, Paul T., Jr.; Rockman, Ilene F. – Reference Librarian, 1995
Addresses issues related to implementing and teaching Mead Data Central's (MDC) Lexis and Nexis services in an undergraduate academic library. Topics include telecommunications, access, and equipment; printing; collection development; instructional issues, including staff training; structure of the database; publications and instructional…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Access to Information, Databases, Higher Education