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Wesley A. Stroud – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
This paper highlights the design process and implementation for an "all majors" undergraduate course that allows students a chance to reconnect with the natural world. During this course students explore a wide range of biological and physical science based topics that seek to highlight human intervention and our impacts on the planet.…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Science Education, Honors Curriculum, Majors (Students)
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Cianfrani, Christina; Hews, Sarah; DeJong, Christene – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
We designed the Integrated Sciences First-Year Program (ISFP) to introduce students to the nature and process of science early in their academic career, help them develop skills and competencies, and create an intellectual community of learners to foster belonging within science. Using their inherent curiosity, we designed active learning…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, Student Research, Scientific Research, Science Process Skills
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Kosal, Erica; Lawrence, Carol; Austin, Rodney – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2010
An interdisciplinary and context-driven course focused on global water issues was developed and taught at the college level. Students designed a semester-long research project, collected and analyzed data, and ultimately presented their results and conclusions to the larger community. As a result of the course, students' science literacy improved…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Scientific Literacy, Integrated Curriculum, Biology
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Borda, Emily J.; Kriz, George S.; Popejoy, Kate L.; Dickinson, Alison K.; Olson, Amy L. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2009
Helping students take ownership of their learning is often a challenge in a large lecture course. In this article, the authors describe a nature of science-oriented group project in a chemistry course in which students gave presentations in concurrent conference sessions as well as its impact on student learning as evidenced through multiple data…
Descriptors: Large Group Instruction, Student Projects, Group Activities, Scientific Principles