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Margaret K. Meadows – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
This paper describes the design, implementation, and evaluation of an inquiry-based laboratory for sophomore-level organic chemistry into a mostly cookbook, existing laboratory curriculum. For the laboratory, students were required to generate their own procedures and use their own recorded data from prior laboratory assignments to identify an…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry
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Kathryn Hosbein; Joi Walker – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
For decades, the case has been made for inquiry-based activities that enable teaching and learning of science concepts through the process of doing science. Laboratory courses provide a unique setting with opportunities for students to learn to ask questions, plan and carry out investigations, analyze data, and construct scientific arguments. Yet,…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Active Learning, Inquiry
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Liu, Dan; Duan, Zhuojan – Physics Teacher, 2021
Equilibrium is an essential concept in undergraduate physics curriculum as it integrates Newton's laws and torque. The importance also comes from its wide applications in mechanics and biomechanics. Simulations of Back and Arms are developed mainly for the undergraduates who major in physical therapy and health sciences. They are implemented as…
Descriptors: Scientific Concepts, Scientific Principles, Biomechanics, Mechanics (Physics)
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Drysdale, Timothy D.; Kelley, Simon; Scott, Anne-Marie; Dishon, Victoria; Weightman, Andrew; Lewis, Richard James; Watts, Stephen – Higher Education Pedagogies, 2020
Traditional practical work for higher education in STEM subjects is under pressure from rising student numbers and a desired increase in active learning. Investing in more buildings and staff is financially challenging, while stretching existing resources affects outcomes, health, and participation. A more pragmatic approach is to embrace a less…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Education, STEM Education, Higher Education, Foreign Countries
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Meyer, Edgar R.; Williams, Sutton; Conway, Marianne; Notebaert, Andrew – HAPS Educator, 2018
The growing movement in STEM education is popularizing active learning, which has benefits for high school and undergraduate students, especially those in rural areas with limited resources. In Mississippi, daunting health disparities in incidence of stroke, cardiovascular disease, type II diabetes, and obesity warrant the implementation of…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Outreach Programs, High School Students, Undergraduate Students
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Miller, Heather R.; McNeal, Karen S.; Herbert, Bruce E. – Journal of Geography in Higher Education, 2010
This study characterizes the impact of an inquiry-based learning (IBL) module versus a traditionally structured laboratory exercise. Laboratory sections were randomized into experimental and control groups. The experimental group was taught using IBL pedagogical techniques and included manipulation of large-scale data-sets, use of multiple…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Inquiry, Geology
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Adams, David J. – Bioscience Education, 2009
Students and academics agree that there is a need to make learning and teaching in the bioscience laboratory more challenging and engaging. During recent years there have been many published accounts of novel laboratory exercises designed to enthuse and stimulate students through active learning. The purpose of this review is to raise awareness of…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Active Learning, Science Laboratories, Teaching Methods
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Salerno, Theresa A. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2009
A multiplex allele-specific PCR analysis was developed to identify six "common" genotypes: AA, AO, BB, BO, OO, and AB. This project included a pre-laboratory exercise that provided active learning experiences and developed critical thinking skills. This laboratory resulted in many successful analyses, which were verified by student knowledge of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Laboratory Experiments, Science Laboratories, Biochemistry
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Barnea, Nitza; Dori, Yehudit Judy; Hofstein, Avi – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2010
Reforms in science education in general and in chemistry education in particular have been introduced in many countries since the beginning of the 21st Century. Similarly, at this time in Israel both the content and pedagogy of the chemistry curriculum in high schools were reformed. New content and pedagogical standards emerged, fostering…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Computer Uses in Education, Science Laboratories
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Spiro, Mark D.; Knisely, Karin I. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
Inquiry-based labs have been shown to greatly increase student participation and learning within the biological sciences. One challenge is to develop effective lab exercises within the constraints of large introductory labs. We have designed a lab for first-year biology majors to address two primary goals: to provide effective learning of the…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Botany, Introductory Courses
Beck, Dennis; Ferdig, Richard E. – Online Submission, 2008
Although lecture and lab courses are commonly used in higher education, there are potential problems with this format. However, technology is presenting new opportunities for teaching such a type of a course. This study explores the changes in the role of the instructors when a lecture and lab course evolved into a hybrid course, with the lecture…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Discourse Analysis, Lecture Method, Intermode Differences
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Casotti, G.; Rieser-Danner, L.; Knabb, M. T. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2008
Recent evidence has demonstrated that inquiry-based physiology laboratories improve students' critical- and analytical-thinking skills. We implemented inquiry-based learning into three physiology courses: Comparative Vertebrate Physiology (majors), Human Physiology (majors), and Human Anatomy and Physiology (nonmajors). The aims of our curricular…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Majors (Students), Inquiry, Active Learning
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Modell, Harold I.; Michael, Joel A.; Adamson, Tom; Horwitz, Barbara – Advances in Physiology Education, 2004
We previously examined how three approaches to directing students in a laboratory setting impacted their ability to repair a faulty mental model in respiratory physiology (Modell, HI, Michael JA, Adamson T, Goldberg J, Horwitz BA, Bruce DS, Hudson ML, Whitescarver SA, and Williams S. Adv Physiol Educ 23: 82?90, 2000). This study addresses issues…
Descriptors: Physiology, Active Learning, Science Laboratories, Teacher Role
Kaya, Osman Nafiz; Kilic, Ziya – Online Submission, 2004
Student-centered approach of scoring the concept maps consisted of three elements namely symbol system, individual portfolio and scoring scheme. We scored student-constructed concept maps based on 5 concept map criteria: validity of concepts, adequacy of propositions, significance of cross-links, relevancy of examples, and interconnectedness. With…
Descriptors: Concept Mapping, Validity, Prior Learning, Achievement Tests
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Howard, David R.; Miskowski, Jennifer A. – Cell Biology Education, 2005
Because cell biology has rapidly increased in breadth and depth, instructors are challenged not only to provide undergraduate science students with a strong, up-to-date foundation of knowledge, but also to engage them in the scientific process. To these ends, revision of the Cell Biology Lab course at the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse was…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Student Interests, Inquiry, Active Learning
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