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Kevin J. Tu; Angela C. Sun; Daniel Levin – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2024
Undergraduate research experiences (UREs) significantly enhance the outcomes of students who participate. Unfortunately, students may face barriers to engaging in UREs, which creates challenges for students' development of essential research skills that may not be covered thoroughly in laboratory classes. Overall, there is a need for a curriculum…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Molecular Biology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods
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Rillero, Peter; Soykal, Ali Kozan; Bicer, Alpay – American Biology Teacher, 2020
Problem-based learning via virtual exchange affords opportunities for students to learn biology while developing abilities to learn about and work with diverse others. We describe an activity using these methods, with goals for students to develop useful cell structure analogies, analyze how analogies are not perfect representations of target…
Descriptors: Problem Based Learning, Science Instruction, Biology, Cytology
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De Souza-Hart, Janet A. – American Biology Teacher, 2010
A "blog" can be used as an online journal club to supplement classroom learning. When crafted in a certain way, it can help students develop their scientific reading comprehension, critical thinking, and writing skills in a way that can easily be assessed by educators.
Descriptors: Reading Comprehension, Web Sites, Electronic Publishing, Clubs
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Schwarz, Baruch B.; Schur, Yaron; Pensso, Haim; Tayer, Naama – International Journal of Computer-Supported Collaborative Learning, 2011
Changing practices in schools is a very complex endeavor. This paper is about new practices we prompted to foster collaboration and critical reasoning in science classrooms: the presentation of pictures representing different perspectives, small group synchronous argumentation, and moderation of synchronous argumentation. A CSCL tool helped in…
Descriptors: Persuasive Discourse, Perspective Taking, Concept Formation, Grade 8
Bayerl, Katie – Jobs for the Future, 2007
Schoolwide literacy--the teaching of reading, writing, speaking, and thinking practices in all content areas--is generally considered an effective, even necessary, approach to addressing the learning needs of adolescents. In early college high schools, which blend high school and college for students who are underserved in higher education, the…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, High Schools, Science Teachers, Literacy
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Lee-Baldwin, Jennifer – Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education (CITE Journal), 2005
The purpose of this study was to examine the potential of asynchronous discussion forums (ADFs) as a medium to facilitate reflective thinking among preservice teachers. Of particular interest was the extent and manner in which this potential varies with respect to (a) the structure of the ADF, (b) the focus of the ADF, and (c) group dynamics.…
Descriptors: Asynchronous Communication, Computer Mediated Communication, Group Discussion, Reflection