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Sengul, Ozden – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
This paper describes an alternative approach to teaching and learning practices in an undergraduate physics laboratory. The instructor plans and implements the 5E instructional model into the laboratory instruction. The article includes an example of the 5E lesson for the laboratory component of a physics course, which has separate lecture and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Physics, Science Laboratories
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Gray, Christine E.; Contreras-Shannon, Veronica E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
Analyzing, interpreting, and clearly presenting real data are skills we hope to develop in all students, majors and nonmajors alike. These process skills require lots of practice coupled with targeted feedback from instructors or mentors. Here we present a pedagogy implemented within a course-based research experience that is designed to help…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), STEM Education, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
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Kobulnicky, Henry A.; Dale, Daniel A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
This article describes a community mentoring model for UREs that avoids some of the common pitfalls of the traditional paradigm while harnessing the power of learning communities to provide young scholars a stimulating collaborative STEM research experience.
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Education, Mentors, Higher Education
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Ferrara, Michael; Talbot, Robert; Mason, Hillary; Wee, Bryan; Rorrer, Ronald; Jacobson, Michael; Gallagher, Doug – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018
The need for a more robust, well-trained STEM workforce is becoming increasingly acute in the United States, and there is a clear need to recruit and retain a larger and more diverse population of undergraduate STEM majors. Although numerous efforts to improve engagement and support in the traditional P-16 classroom have been implemented…
Descriptors: Outreach Programs, Enrichment Activities, Undergraduate Students, Student Experience
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Zhu, Chen; Rehrey, George; Treadwell, Brooke; Johnson, Claudia C. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
This Scholarship of Teaching and Learning project discusses the effectiveness of using distance metaphor-building activities along with a case study exam to help undergraduate nonscience majors understand and apply geologic time. Using action research, we describe how a scholarly teacher integrated previously published and often-used teaching…
Descriptors: Prediction, Science Education, Case Studies, Undergraduate Students
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Walker, Joi Phelps; Sampson, Victor; Grooms, Jonathon; Anderson, Brittany; Zimmerman, Carol O. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2012
This article describes a new instructional model called Argument-Driven Inquiry (ADI). This model is designed to promote student engagement in processes of investigation design and scientific argumentation. In this study, the ADI instructional model is compared with a more traditional approach to instruction across 16 laboratory sections of…
Descriptors: Learner Engagement, Evidence, Chemistry, Teaching Methods
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Kendricks, Kimberly; Arment, Anthony – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
K-12 education has identified an important need for culturally relevant practices among underrepresented minority students in the classroom. Research has shown that minority students perform better in multicultural learning environments that place an emphasis on addressing both the student's social and academic needs. Accordingly, Central State…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Elementary Secondary Education, Program Effectiveness, Minority Groups
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Saito, Laurel; Segale, Heather M.; DeAngelis, Donald L.; Jenkins, Stephen H. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
This paper presents results from a July 2005 workshop and course aimed at developing an interdisciplinary course on modeling aquatic ecosystems that will provide the next generation of practitioners with critical skills for which formal training is presently lacking. Five different course models were evaluated: (1) fundamentals/general principles…
Descriptors: Interdisciplinary Approach, Ecology, Workshops, Guidelines
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Harris, David E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1997
Describes a technique for downloading digital images of a fresh human cadaver from a commercially available CD-ROM and from the Internet. The images can be annotated to illustrate specific anatomic features and display groups of images in a format that is easy to use during lectures and accessible to undergraduate students for study during and…
Descriptors: Anatomy, College Science, Higher Education, Internet