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Student Centered Action & Response: Course Section Offerings and Plans for Future Instruction. 2021 Report
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California Community Colleges, Chancellor's Office, 2022
The California Community Colleges Chancellor's Office is pleased to present the 2021 Report on Course Section Offerings and Plans for Future Instruction for California Community Colleges. Pursuant to Senate Bill 129 (Skinner, 2021), California community college districts are required to report on the total number of course sections offered, broken…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Student Centered Learning, Course Selection (Students), Futures (of Society)
A High-Enrollment Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Student Conceptions of Scientific Thinking and Ability to Interpret Data
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Brownell, Sara E.; Hekmat-Scafe, Daria S.; Singla, Veena; Seawell, Patricia Chandler; Imam, Jamie F. Conklin; Eddy, Sarah L.; Stearns, Tim; Cyert, Martha S. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
We present an innovative course-based undergraduate research experience curriculum focused on the characterization of single point mutations in p53, a tumor suppressor gene that is mutated in more than 50% of human cancers. This course is required of all introductory biology students, so all biology majors engage in a research project as part of…
Descriptors: Research Projects, Science Instruction, Science Education, College Science
"Celebrate Science" Has Formula for Hands-On Learning
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Brydolf, Carol – Education Digest: Essential Readings Condensed for Quick Review, 2012
Cost-effective, easily replicated program is a win-win situation for high schoolers who teach science and for their elementary students. The thank-you letter from Leslie, a grade-schooler in San Diego County's Ramona Unified School District, speaks volumes about the excitement generated by "Celebrate Science"--an innovative,…
Descriptors: Elementary School Students, High School Students, Elementary School Science, Science Instruction
Automatic Plagiarism Detection with PAIRwise 2.0
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Knight, Allan; Almeroth, Kevin – Journal of Interactive Learning Research, 2011
As part of the research carried out at the University of California, Santa Barbara's Center for Information Technology and Society (CITS), the Paper Authentication and Integrity Research (PAIR) project was launched. We began by investigating how one recent technology affected student learning outcomes. One aspect of this research was to study the…
Descriptors: Plagiarism, Student Attitudes, Form Classes (Languages), Researchers
Investigative Cases and Student Outcomes in an Upper-Division Cell and Molecular Biology Laboratory Course at a Minority-Serving Institution
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Knight, Jonathan D.; Fulop, Rebecca M.; Marquez-Magana, Leticia; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
Active-learning strategies are increasingly being integrated into college-level science courses to make material more accessible to all students and to improve learning outcomes. One active-learning pedagogy, case-based learning (CBL), was developed as a way to both enhance engagement in the material and to accommodate diverse learning styles.…
Descriptors: Learning Strategies, Science Laboratories, Molecular Biology, Cytology
Student Perspectives on Curricular Change: Lessons from an Undergraduate Lower-Division Biology Core
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Casem, Merri Lynn – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2006
Inquiry-based laboratories are acknowledged as the preferred method of instruction for development of research skills. Much has been written about changes in student performance associated with inquiry, but less is known about how students view the inquiry-based format or whether they perceive a benefit from this type of instruction. The Student…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Student Attitudes, Student Reaction, Research Methodology
HOW CAN LABORATORY TRAINING IMPROVE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN ADVISERS AND STUDENTS IN STUDENT GOVERNMENT. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF LABORATORY TRAINING AS USED WITH THE LOS ANGELES CITY COLLEGE STUDENT COUNCIL.
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WILKINSON, ROBERT E. – 1966
A PATTERN OF PROBLEMS IN COMMUNICATION AMONG STUDENT COUNCIL MEMBERS AND BETWEEN THE COUNCIL AND ITS FACULTY ADVISORS CONTRIBUTED TO A DECISION TO SUBSTITUTE A PROGRAM OF SENSITIVITY TRAINING FOR THE USUAL STUDENT COUNCIL ORIENTATION PROGRAM. IT WAS HOPED THAT SUCH A PROGRAM WOULD FACILITATE A FLOW OF EXPRESSION AND A REDUCTION OF INTERPERSONAL…
Descriptors: Extracurricular Activities, Laboratory Experiments, Learning Processes, Sensitivity Training
Education for Today's Students. Proceedings of the Annual Conference (7th, Washington, D.C., March 30, 31, April 1, 1969).
Wong, William, Ed. – 1969
The National Committee for Support of the Public Schools focused on the claims of students and parents at its Seventh Annual Conference. Topics covered were student unrest, community involvement, relevant issue oriented approach to social studies, instructional television, student-run educational experiments, school management, classroom…
Descriptors: Activism, Adolescents, Child Psychology, Classroom Environment