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Direct linkDaniel Gertner; Allie Brashears; Na Xu; Holly Porter-Morgan – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Gateway science courses are an ongoing obstacle to recruitment into STEM fields (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics). Students come into courses that have a high cognitive load, which makes success in the course challenging. Instructional design can be used to reduce cognitive load. The findings demonstrate that leveraging pre- and…
Descriptors: Community College Students, STEM Education, Biology, Science Instruction
R. F. Malenda; S. Talbott; Scott Walck – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
In this article, we discuss Micro Assignment Guided Inquiry and Collaboration (MAGIC), an active learning method that draws on the merits of inquiry-based learning in STEM courses. We describe the use of Micro Assignments (MAs) consisting of a series of short, instructive guiding questions that scaffold the course material. Students work through…
Descriptors: Assignments, Inquiry, Active Learning, Scaffolding (Teaching Technique)
