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Karen E. Singer-Freeman; Kristi Verbeke – Intersection: A Journal at the Intersection of Assessment and Learning, 2024
We share a case study on our use of three reflective questions to demonstrate ways in which simple questions can be coded to reveal rich evidence of impact and engagement. At the end of a three-hour inclusive teaching practices workshop for 23 faculty and administrators from a single science department, 22 participants completed an anonymous…
Descriptors: Administrators, College Faculty, Science Departments, Teacher Workshops
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Pols, C. F. J.; Dekkers, P. J. J. M.; de Vries, M. J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2022
Physics inquiry can be interpreted as the construction of a cogent argument in which students apply inquiry knowledge and knowledge of physics to the systematic collection of relevant, valid, and reliable data, creating optimal scientific support for a conclusion that answers the research question. In learning how to devise, conduct and evaluate a…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Active Learning, Inquiry, Physics
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Surpless, Benjamin; Bushey, Michelle; Halx, Mark – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2014
Although science educators at all levels have focused on teaching students scientific literacy for nearly five decades, studies indicate that the average student remains far from scientifically literate. To address this issue at the local level, faculty at Trinity University, in San Antonio, Texas, significantly revised the curriculum of an…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Curriculum, Geology, Science Laboratories
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Fata-Hartley, Cori – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2011
Many college science educators have moved away from the traditional lecture format and toward learner-centered classroom environments. Yet many of us struggle to cover large content loads, reverting at times to rote memorization. This paper suggests rote memorization simply does not work and students must be actively engaged to learn. (Contains 1…
Descriptors: College Science, Active Learning, Memorization, Lecture Method
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Breslow, Lori – Change: The Magazine of Higher Learning, 2010
In the late 1990s, the physics department at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) had a problem. The department was responsible for teaching the two required physics courses that are part of the General Institute Requirements (GIRs), MIT's core curriculum--Physics I (mechanics, or in MIT parlance, 8.01) and Physics II (electricity and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Core Curriculum, Science Interests, Mechanics (Physics)