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Robert F. Mauldin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Preliminary evidence regarding the effectiveness of a participation-based, formative assessment pedagogy in the laboratory component of undergraduate science classes is presented in this paper. The formative approach to teaching lab is unique in science education given the prevailing paradigm of summative assessment via grading lab reports. The…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Laboratory Experiments, Chemistry
Faulconer, Emily K.; Faulconer, Laura S.; Hanamean, James R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
At first glance, scientific laboratory experiences might appear to be challenging to move to the cloud. Skeptics may point to sensory feedback limitations and inequivalence of student outcomes. However, emerging data increasingly provide evidence that scientific laboratory courses are not only amenable to online learning, but also can deliver…
Descriptors: Decision Making, Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Curriculum Design
van Zee, Emily; Gire, Elizabeth; Hahn, Kelby T.; Belden, Mackenzie – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2022
Sessions of our laboratory-based physics course have been "meeting" synchronously online instead of on campus due to the pandemic. Shifting to remote instruction prompted us to create online versions of the course. In the unit on global climate change, for example, we continued engaging students in documenting their initial and evolving…
Descriptors: Climate, Environmental Education, Formative Evaluation, Sense of Community
McDonald, Kelly K.; Martin, Allison R.; Watters, Cody P.; Landerholm, Thomas E. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
Many studies illustrate the positive influences of undergraduate research experiences on student learning, attitudes, and retention in the sciences. At our institution, over 90% of the biology majors surveyed reported a desire to participate in undergraduate research, but only 3% per year have the opportunity to work in a traditional…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Scientific Research, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories
Thompson, Meredith M.; Pastorino, Lucia; Lee, Star; Lipton, Paul – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
Introductory science courses play a critical role in the recruitment and retention of undergraduate science majors. In particular, first-year courses are opportunities to engage students in scientific practices and motivate them to consider scientific careers. We developed an introductory course using a semester-long series of established…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, Undergraduate Students, Academic Persistence
Hickey, Timothy; Pontrello, Jason – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2016
Introductory undergraduate science courses are traditionally offered as distinct units without formalized student interaction between classes. To bridge science courses, the authors used three Honors Organic Chemistry projects paired with other science courses. The honors students delivered presentations to mainstream organic course students and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Honors Curriculum, Organic Chemistry, Laboratory Experiments
Witzig, Stephen B.; Zhao, Ningfeng; Abell, Sandra K.; Weaver, Jan C.; Adams, John E.; Schmidt, Frank J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
The authors engage students in inquiry-based learning by presenting laboratory exercises as mini-journal articles that mirror the format of a scientific journal article, including a title, authors, abstract, introduction, materials and methods, results, discussion, and citations. Students develop and carry out their follow-up investigation, then…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Active Learning, Laboratory Experiments, Science Laboratories
Johnson, Ronald; Kennon, Tillman – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2009
Hypotheses of population genetics are derived and tested by students in the introductory genetics laboratory classroom as they explore the effects of biotic variables (physical traits of fruit flies) and abiotic variables (island size and distance) on fruit fly populations. In addition to this hypothesis-driven experiment, the development of…
Descriptors: Genetics, Introductory Courses, Science Instruction, College Science
Mickle, James E.; Aune, Patricia M. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2008
For distance-education students, the requirement for a laboratory course can present a significant hurdle to completing degree requirements. To better serve these nontraditional students, the authors developed a distance version of the laboratory course to provide a hands-on experience similar to that of on-campus students. In order to make the…
Descriptors: Nontraditional Students, Nonmajors, Distance Education, Laboratory Manuals
Priore, Charles F., Jr.; Giannini, John L. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2007
Librarians instruct students where to find information, but rarely demonstrate its management, while faculty have difficulty incorporating real-time laboratory experience with library research. This paper focuses on the development of a hands-on biology laboratory experiment in an introductory course that integrates bibliographic software into the…
Descriptors: Library Research, Laboratory Experiments, Introductory Courses, Computer Software

Shmaefsky, Brian R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2001
Presents an activity on liquid chromatography that demonstrates the influence of mobile phase polarity on the separation of dyes with different solubilities. (YDS)
Descriptors: Biology, Chemistry, Chromatography, Higher Education
Smierciak, Rich – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
A wonderful way to engage science students is to make them think a demonstration is not turning out the way the instructor intended. Basically, throw a little humor into teaching, and they will be hooked. Described in this article is a demonstration that uses Milk of Magnesia (MOM) as a visual and humorous method to review equilibrium chemistry…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Science Instruction, Humor, Scientific Concepts
Porta, Angela R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2004
Demonstrating the steps of a signal transduction cascade usually involves radioactive materials and thus precludes its use in undergraduate teaching labs. Developing labs that allow the visual demonstration of these steps without the use of radioactivity is important for allowing students hands-on methods of illustrating each step of a signal…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Radiation, Laboratory Experiments, Demonstrations (Educational)
Pelter, Michael – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
Following the brewing process from grain to glass, this course uses the biological and chemical principles of brewing to teach science to the nonscience major. Discussion of the scientific aspects of malting, mashing, fermentation, and the making of different beer styles is complemented by laboratory exercises that use scientific methods to…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Majors (Students)

Luedeman, John K.; Leonard, William H.; Horton, Robert M.; Wagner, John R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2003
Describes the Graduate K-12 Project, which is funded by the National Science Foundation (NSF) and provides fellowship to graduate and highly qualified undergraduate students in the areas of science, mathematics, engineering, and technology to serve in K-12 schools with teachers. Aims to improve communication and teaching skills of fellows,…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Inquiry, Laboratory Experiments, Middle Schools
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