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Direct linkGreenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2022
This article is about a famous physics course taken by thousands of students at Amherst College in the 1950s, designed and taught by its distinguished instructor, Arnold B. Arons. There are very few of us left who have taken the course. The youngest one would be, as the course was discontinued in 1968, about 72 years old!
Descriptors: College Science, Physics, Educational History, College Faculty
Increasing the Effectiveness of Active Learning Using Deliberate Practice: A Homework Transformation
Miller, Kelly; Callaghan, Kristina; McCarty, Logan S.; Deslauriers, Louis – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We show how learning can be improved, beyond that shown in actively taught classrooms, by also transforming the homework using the principles of deliberate practice. We measure the impact of transforming the homework on student learning in a course that had already implemented an active approach to teaching in class. We compare performance on the…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Homework, Science Instruction, Physics
Peacock, Jessica L.; FitzPatrick, Kathleen; Finn, Kevin E. – Journal on Excellence in College Teaching, 2020
The authors determined whether positive perceptions of integrating lecture and lab in Anatomy and Physiology courses persisted from 2015-2018. Students (843) and instructors (56) completed the Student Assessment of Their Learning Gains survey; perceptions were positive and consistent between both groups. Participant narratives identified the…
Descriptors: Anatomy, Physiology, Student Attitudes, Academic Achievement
Baldock, Brandi L.; Fernandez, Anthony L.; Franco, Jimmy; Provencher, Brian A.; McCoy, Mark R. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2021
During the Spring 2020 semester, many institutions abruptly transitioned their courses from face-to-face instruction to remote learning in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. To address the unique challenges posed by the remote teaching and learning modality, our department used mobile technology to adapt empirically validated instructional…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Online Courses, Educational Technology
Anderson, Laurel J.; Dosch, Jerald J.; Lindquist, Erin S.; McCay, Timothy S.; Machado, Jose-Luis; Kuers, Karen; Gartner, Tracy B.; Shea, Kathleen L.; Mankiewicz, Carol; Rodgers, Vikki L.; Saunders, Patricia A.; Urban, Rebecca A.; Kilgore, Jason S.; Powell, Amanda S.; Ramage, Benjamin S.; Steinweg, J. Megan; Straub, Jacob N.; Bunnell, Sarah L.; Witkovsky-Eldred, Marissa – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2020
Multisite, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) in the Ecological Research as Education Network (EREN) were assessed for impacts on student learning of collaborative science skills using a survey that could serve as a starting point for a validated assessment instrument for multisite CUREs. Pretests/posttests were administered…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Cooperation, Science Process Skills
Finn, Kevin; FitzPatrick, Kathleen; Yan, Zi – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2017
Students often struggle in introductory health sciences courses; some students have difficulty in upper level classes. To address this, we converted three lecture/lab courses, traditional first-year Anatomy and Physiology (A&P I), upper level Biomechanics, and upper level Microbiology to an integrated studio model. We used the Student…
Descriptors: Health Sciences, Lecture Method, Student Satisfaction, Academic Achievement
Chloe Wasendorf; Joshua W. Reid; Rebecca Seipelt-Thiemann; Z. T. Grimes; Brock Couch; Nick T. Peters; Julia Massimelli Sewall; Audrey L. McCombs; Patrick I. Armstrong; Nancy Boury – Journal of Biological Education, 2024
Most biology undergraduates learn about mutations in multiple classrooms throughout their college career. Understanding personalised genome test results, genome editing controversies, and the appearance of new variants of viruses or antibiotic resistant bacteria all require foundational knowledge about mutations. However, the abstract nature of…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Criterion Referenced Tests, Biology
Pontrello, Jason K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
Introductory organic laboratory courses frequently begin with a set of activities built around developing basic experimental skills and techniques, often with guided-inquiry components. A sequence of skill-based activities is described to promote reflection, analysis of, and interpersonal communication around science. A multistage process was used…
Descriptors: Organic Chemistry, Science Instruction, College Science, Science Laboratories
Burnham, Nancy A.; Kadam, Snehalata V.; DeSilva, Erin – Physics Education, 2017
An audience response system ("clickers") was gradually incorporated into introductory physics courses at Worcester Polytechnic Institute during the years 2011-14. Clickers were used in lectures, as a means of preparing for labs, and for collection of exam data and grading. Average student grades were 13.5% greater, as measured by…
Descriptors: Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Audience Response Systems, College Science
Swaminathan, Sudha; Lamelas, Frank – Physics Teacher, 2017
Physics students at Worcester State University visit the Worcester Art Museum (WAM) at the end of a special 100- level course called Physics in Art. The students have studied geometrical optics, and they have been introduced to concepts in atomic physics. The purpose of the museum tour is to show how physics-based techniques can be used in a…
Descriptors: Physics, College Science, Museums, Painting (Visual Arts)
Snider, Barry B. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
In this experiment, students carry out a modern organocatalytic reaction using IMes·HCl and NaOH to catalyze the formation of 1,3,4-triphenylcyclopentene from cinnamaldehyde and chalcone in water. Deprotonation of IMes·HCl with NaOH forms the "N"-heterocyclic carbene IMes that reacts with cinnamaldehyde to form a homoenolate equivalent…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Scientific Concepts, College Science
Pontrello, Jason K. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
A semester-long research project to synthesize unique compounds designed after published metalloprotease peptide inhibitors is presented. The research project encompasses a set of nine organic chemistry reactions traditionally taught in the second semester lab course, and the procedures are derived from scientific literature. The two principle…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Organic Chemistry, Science Laboratories, Laboratory Experiments
Download full textBerkes, Charlotte; Chan, Leo Li-Ying – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2015
We have developed a semester-long laboratory project for an undergraduate immunology course in which students study multiple aspects of macrophage biology including differentiation from progenitors in the bone marrow, activation upon stimulation with microbial ligands, expression of cell surface markers, and modulation of cytokine production. In…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Students, Science Laboratories
Pociask, Sarah; Weerapana, Akila; Taylor, Pamela; Radhakrishnan, Mala L.; Oakes, Elizabeth S. C.; Matthews, Adam G. W.; Elmore, Donald E. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2021
In the Fall of 2016, we created an integrated introductory biology/chemistry course for first-semester students at Wellesley College. This course was designed to meaningfully integrate chemistry and molecular cell biology while also building community and fostering mentorship both inside and outside the classroom. Here, we describe the assessment…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Introductory Courses, Biochemistry, Cytology
Hunnicutt, Sally S.; Grushow, Alexander; Whitnell, Robert – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
The POGIL-PCL project implements the principles of process-oriented, guided-inquiry learning (POGIL) in order to improve student learning in the physical chemistry laboratory (PCL) course. The inquiry-based physical chemistry experiments being developed emphasize modeling of chemical phenomena. In each experiment, students work through at least…
Descriptors: Inquiry, Science Instruction, Science Experiments, Chemistry
