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Direct linkLo, Roger C.; Bhatia, Hina; Venkatraman, Rahul; Jang, Larry K. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2015
Microfluidics involves the study of the behavior of fluids at microscale, fluid manipulations, and the design of the devices that can effectively perform such manipulations. We are developing two new elective courses to include microfluidics in our curriculum at CSULB. Herein, we present the results of the first course, Microfabrication and…
Descriptors: Chemical Engineering, Science Instruction, College Science, Science Curriculum
Whiteley, Richard V., Jr. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Although the simulation of an oxidation/reduction titration curve is an important exercise in an undergraduate course in quantitative analysis, that exercise is frequently simplified to accommodate computational limitations. With the use of readily available computer algebra systems, however, such curves for complicated systems can be generated…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Computer Simulation, Algebra, Scientific Concepts
Writing Across the Curriculum in a Human Physiology Class to Build upon and Expand Content Knowledge
Download full textBunker, Aaron; Schnieder, Jeremy – Athens Journal of Education, 2015
Leading scientific organizations, like the American Association for the Advancement of Science, have called for innovative approaches to student learning that incorporate "real-world examples". Drawing on writing-to-learn theory, innovative writing projects can be used when they build upon writing skills acquired from other disciplines…
Descriptors: Writing Across the Curriculum, Physiology, Writing Assignments, College Freshmen
Buxner, Sanlyn R.; Impey, Chris D.; Romine, James; Nieberding, Megan – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
[This paper is part of the Focused Collection on Astronomy Education Research.] We report on a study of almost 13 000 undergraduate students enrolled in introductory astronomy courses at the University of Arizona. From 1989 to 2016, students completed a basic science knowledge, beliefs, and attitudes survey. From 2014 to 2016, a subset of the…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Introductory Courses, Beliefs, Student Attitudes
Ene, Emanuela; Ackerson, Bruce J. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
We describe the construction, validation, and testing of a concept inventory for an "Introduction to Physics of Semiconductors" course offered by the department of physics to undergraduate engineering students. By design, this inventory addresses both content knowledge and the ability to interpret content via different cognitive…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Small Classes, College Science
Dunnett, K.; Bartlett, P. A. – Physics Education, 2018
It was planned to introduce online pre-laboratory session activities to a first-year undergraduate physics laboratory course to encourage a minimum level of student preparation for experiments outside the laboratory environment. A group of 16 and 17 year old laboratory work-experience students were tasked to define and design a pre-laboratory…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Study
Barral, Ana Maria; Ardi-Pastores, Veronica C.; Simmons, Rachel E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
A flipped-classroom environment generally strives to create more in-class time for activities that enhance student learning, while shifting some content delivery to outside the classroom through the use of short didactic videos. We compared a flipped-classroom setting with the traditional ("control") setting for an accelerated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Homework, Teaching Methods, Biology
Michaluk, Lynnette; Stoiko, Rachel; Stewart, Gay; Stewart, John – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2018
Elementary teachers often hold inaccurate beliefs about the Nature of Science (NoS) and have negative attitudes toward science and mathematics. Using a pre-post design, the current study examined beliefs about the NoS, attitudes toward science and mathematics, and beliefs about the teaching of mathematics and science in a large sample study…
Descriptors: Elementary School Teachers, Preservice Teachers, Science Instruction, STEM Education
Beck, Rachel C.; Erdmann, Mitzy A. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
Identification and quantification of an unknown illicit drug (cocaine) from both simulated drug paraphernalia and simulated urine can be achieved via direct analysis in real time (DART) triple quadrupole linear ion trap (QTRAP) mass spectrometry (MS). We describe a novel, hands-on laboratory activity which utilizes the recent DART technology…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Scientific Concepts, Laboratory Experiments, Science Activities
Students' Understanding and Perceptions of Assigned Team Roles in a Classroom Laboratory Environment
Ott, Laura E.; Kephart, Kerrie; Stolle-McAllister, Kathleen; LaCourse, William R. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018
Using a cooperative learning framework in a quantitative reasoning laboratory course, students were assigned to static teams of four in which they adopted roles that rotated regularly. The roles included: team leader, protocol manager, data recorder, and researcher. Using a mixed-methods approach, we investigated students' perceptions of the team…
Descriptors: Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Teamwork, Cooperative Learning
Mraz-Craig, Jennifer A.; Daniel, Kristy L.; Bucklin, Carrie J.; Mishra, Chandrani; Ali, Laila; Clase, Kari L. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2018
This study took place in a biotechnology laboratory course series that provided students with authentic research experiences. We documented student identities after the experience and explored how these identities related to future career aspirations.
Descriptors: Student Research, Undergraduate Students, STEM Education, Science Instruction
Geller, Benjamin D.; Turpen, Chandra; Crouch, Catherine H. – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
We explore the sources of student engagement with curricular content in an Introductory Physics for Life Science (IPLS) course at Swarthmore College. Do IPLS students find some life-science contexts more interesting than others, and, if so, what are the sources of these differences? We draw on three sources of student data to answer this question:…
Descriptors: College Students, College Science, Learner Engagement, Introductory Courses
Karim, Nafis I.; Maries, Alexandru; Singh, Chandralekha – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2018
The Conceptual Survey of Electricity and Magnetism (CSEM) has been used to assess student understanding of introductory concepts of electricity and magnetism because many of the items on the CSEM have strong distractor choices which correspond to students' alternate conceptions. Instruction is unlikely to be effective if instructors do not know…
Descriptors: Pedagogical Content Knowledge, Teaching Assistants, Scientific Concepts, Student Surveys
Dolan, Erin L.; Borrero, Michelle; Callis-Duehl, Kristine; Chen Musgrove, Miranda M.; de Lima, Joelyn; Ero-Tolliver, Isi; Gerhart, Laci M.; Goodwin, Emma C.; Hamilton, Lindsey R.; Henry, Meredith A.; Herrera, Jose; Huot, Bethany; Kiser, Stacey; Ko, Melissa E.; Kravec, Marcy E.; Lee, Mark; Limeri, Lisa B.; Peffer, Melanie E.; Pires, Debra; Ramirez Lugo, Juan S.; Sharp, Starlette M.; Suarez, Nicole A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
The 2019 Undergraduate Biology Education Research Gordon Research Conference (UBER GRC), titled "Achieving Widespread Improvement in Undergraduate Education," brought together a diverse group of researchers and practitioners working to identify, promote, and understand widespread adoption of evidence-based teaching, learning, and success…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology, Evidence Based Practice
Dukhan, Shalini; Brenner, Elisabeth; Cameron, Ann – African Journal of Research in Mathematics, Science and Technology Education, 2019
Learning within first-year biology is about inquiry, but in this content-heavy science students can easily fall into the trap of parrot-fashion learning. This study investigates the influence of lecturers' expectation of students in meaning making on the nature of their slides and the quality of students' note-making. Data were collected by…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Expectations of Students, Visual Aids, Notetaking
