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Teaching To Learn: Why Should Teachers Have All the Fun?
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Caprio, Mario W.; Borgeson, Debra S. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2001
Describes teaching-to-learn activities in a community service setting involving nonscience majors in an introductory natural science course at a community college, middle school students, and a Cub Scout pack of home schooled, elementary-aged children. (SAH)
Descriptors: Cross Age Teaching, Elementary Education, Higher Education, Introductory Courses
SCST: Science Education for the Nonmajor: The Problems.
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Caprio, Mario W.; And Others – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1989
Discusses a questionnaire sent to 763 Society for College Science Teaching members to identify problems of teaching nonmajors. Notes the questionnaire had a high return rate. Lists the eight major problems: post negative experiences; motivation; what to teach; abstractions; how to introduce relevance; staying power; inquiry material; and…
Descriptors: College Science, Conferences, Course Content, Curriculum Development
Survey Results on the Quality of Nonmajors Science Instruction.
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McIntosh, William J.; Caprio, Mario W. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1990
Reported is a profile of nonmajor instruction determined through a nationwide survey of college and university professors who teach introductory courses to non-science majors. The purpose of the survey was to identify the critical issues and problems that exist related to this population of students. (KR)
Descriptors: College Curriculum, College Science, Curriculum Development, Curriculum Evaluation