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Yarnall, Louise; Fusco, Judi – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2014
If college science instructors are to use inquiry practices more in the classroom, they need both professional support to foster comfort with the pedagogy and practical ways to engage students in inquiry. Over a semester, we studied 13 community college biology instructors as they adopted bioinformatics problem-based learning (PBL) modules in…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, College Faculty, College Instruction, College Students
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Henderson, Charles; Dancy, Melissa; Niewiadomska-Bugaj, Magdalena – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2012
During the fall of 2008 a web survey, designed to collect information about pedagogical knowledge and practices, was completed by a representative sample of 722 physics faculty across the United States (50.3% response rate). This paper presents partial results to describe how 20 potential predictor variables correlate with faculty knowledge about…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Introductory Courses, College Faculty
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Staudt, Denise; Risku, Michael; Martinez, Elda – Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 2008
The Science and Mathematics Alliance for Recruiting and Retaining Teachers (SMARRT) is a collaborative partnership pursuing aggressive strategies to recruit high quality minority teachers to teach in high-need schools in urban school districts. This partnership is dedicated to recruiting, preparing, and retaining high quality teachers with strong…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Mathematics Instruction, Science Teachers, Mathematics Teachers