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Collins, Eva-Maria S.; Calhoun, Tessa R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
This article presents the combination of three enhanced educational approaches for training future scientists. These methods incorporate skills generally not introduced in the freshman year: student-led blackboard introductions; the writing of scientific papers; and the design, execution, and presentation of an independent lab module. We tested…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, College Freshmen, Lecture Method
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Boose, David L. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
Quantitative reasoning is a key intellectual skill, applicable across disciplines and best taught in the context of authentic, relevant problems. Here, I describe and assess a laboratory exercise that has students calculate their "carbon footprint" and evaluate the impacts of various behavior choices on that footprint. Students gather…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Statistical Analysis, Data Collection, Computation