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Is it Possible to Motivate Non-Science College Students?
Although we all wish it were otherwise, your students have every reason to assume you’re not really coming to class each day to help them learn or that you will actually follow an obviously organized...
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Finding the Best Images for My PPT-based Lectures
Aren’t you abundantly thankful—fellow science professor–that you don’t teach accounting or finance classes? Those are fine disciplines, we’re sure. However, they don’t have nearly the array of...
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Best Practices for Teaching with Images in Class
Sharing beautiful pictures of nature with your students is key to helping students understand the aesthetic wonder of science, but just how does one make the best use of these gripping visual resources...
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How Much Math Should I Use in My Science 101 Course?
Many professors assigned to teach introductory science classes have some experience, or considerable experience, teaching introductory courses for majors. If you are one of those few lucky scientists...
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How to Increase Your SOTL Publication Citation Rates
In the not so distant past, the guaranteed pathway to promotion and tenure at colleges and universities world-wide was to publish a long series of refereed journal articles. This is especially true...
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Teaching Science to American Students
Confused about what works teaching American college students? If you didn’t grow up in the U.S.—or go to an American-style university yourself—you might be deeply surprised at what today’s American...
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Using Science Fiction to Teach Science
Have you been mulling over the idea of using science fiction films in your classes? Science fiction in college STEM teaching seems like a natural fit—many students and professors enjoy modern science...
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Posing Questions for Class Discussion
Posing Questions for Class Discussion The key feature of any modern teaching approach is to ask questions. To be sure, a pointed suggestion of asking some questions during a lecture might seem a tad...
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A Collection of Great College Science Teaching Ideas from the Society of...
The Society of College Science Teachers, an interdisciplinary affiliate of the National Science Teachers Association, is a membership-driven society of passionate college- and university-level science...
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Why Grading is More Important than Teaching
At one time or another, most of us have quietly uttered the sentiment, “teaching would be great if only I didn’t have to do all of this grading.” Giving a great lecture is energizing: Grading a giant...
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