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Direct linkRobin A. Costello; Sharday N. Ewell; Paula E. Adams; Maurina L. Aranda; Aaron Curry; Maria Mercedes De Jesus; Ryan D. P. Dunk; Marcos E. García-Ojeda; Stephanie J. Gutzler; Linda R. A. Habersham; Melissa K. Kjelvik; Myesha Mateen; Kelsey J. Metzger; Kimberly X. Mulligan; Melinda T. Owens; Rachel M. Pigg; Kim Quillin; Mallory M. Rice; Selorm Sovi; Elizabeth H. Schultheis; Jaidyn Schultz; Elli J. Theobald; Erica Tracey; Brie Tripp; Suann Yang; Ash Zemenick; Cissy J. Ballen; Dax Ovid – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2025
Increasingly, curricular materials for undergraduate life science courses are designed to highlight scientists with identities and backgrounds that counter historical and stereotypical representation in science. In this essay, we characterize the wide variation in the development and implementation of these curricular materials featuring…
Descriptors: Stereotypes, Scientists, College Science, Biological Sciences
Pence, Harry E.; Pence, Laura E. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Nationally, as the chemical community aspires to become more diverse, it is essential to make students of all races, ethnicities, gender expressions, and physical abilities feel welcomed and represented in the introductory courses in the field. One way to accomplish this goal is to present examples of scientists who are not traditionally included…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Introductory Courses, College Science, Diversity
Kaylynn Imsande; Lucy McGuire; Luke Wheeler – American Biology Teacher, 2023
At a time when all course instruction had been moved online, it seemed wishful thinking for a group of undergraduate students to begin authentic, independent research. With curious, creative, and motivated mindsets; however, we learned not only that such research was possible during a global pandemic, but that it could provide vital learning…
Descriptors: Distance Education, Undergraduate Students, Scientists, College Science
Baylor, Martha-Elizabeth; Hoehn, Jessica R.; Finkelstein, Noah – Physics Teacher, 2022
Increasingly, the physics community is attending to issues of equity, diversity, and inclusion (EDI), both in language and action. We are more publicly recognizing our individual responsibilities as physicists to address social injustice and systemic oppression. To this end, our physics classrooms are key levers for action. While we have made…
Descriptors: Physics, Diversity, Inclusion, Social Justice
Greenslade, Thomas B., Jr. – Physics Teacher, 2019
Ask a physics person what the name of Robert A. Millikan brings to mind, and most would immediately think of the eponymous experiments that he did with the charge on the electron in the years 1908 to 1913. A few might remember his work, starting in 1914, with the experimental determination of Planck's constant using the photoelectric effect. Few…
Descriptors: College Science, Scientists, Biographies, Physics
Burgin, Stephen Randall – International Journal of Science Education, 2020
Authenticity is a term that has become ubiquitous within the field of science education, particularly when it relates to the practices of science. These practices are a key feature of science education reform documents in the US. However, a common definition of just what makes for the authentic doing of science is hard to come by and certainly…
Descriptors: Authentic Learning, Active Learning, Inquiry, Science Teachers
Bonham, Scott W. – Physics Teacher, 2018
An important aspect of science education involves helping students learn to read and communicate scientific information and arguments. In this note, I would like to share a resource that I have come across which I have found to be a useful tool for helping students improve those skills, learn content material, and acquaint them with a great…
Descriptors: Science Education, Physics, Scientific and Technical Information, Science Process Skills
Tafesse, Fikru; Mphahlele, Malose J. – Africa Education Review, 2018
Discipline-specific knowledge and associated technical skills as well as generic skills have represented distinct and separate aspects of chemical sciences in university studies (linear training). In addition to technical skills gained through laboratory training, employers now require a soft skill set such as strengths in analytical thinking,…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Distance Education, Educational Technology, Technology Uses in Education
Olson, Don; Hook, Joseph; Doescher, Russell; Wolf, Steven – Physics Teacher, 2015
This month marks the 75th anniversary of the Tacoma Narrows Bridge collapse. During a gale on Nov. 7, 1940, the bridge exhibited remarkable oscillations before collapsing spectacularly (Figs. 1-5). Physicists over the years have spent a great deal of time and energy studying this event. By using open-source analysis tools and digitized footage of…
Descriptors: Scientists, Mechanics (Physics), Films, Video Technology
Shultz, Ginger V.; Gere, Anne Ruggles – Journal of Chemical Education, 2015
Traditional methods for teaching the Lewis dot structure model emphasize rule-based learning and often neglect the purpose and function of the model. Thus, many students are unable to extend their understanding of molecular structures in new contexts. The assignment described here addresses this issue by asking students to read and write about the…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, Teaching Methods, Scientists
Brownell, Sara E.; Freeman, Scott; Wenderoth, Mary Pat; Crowe, Alison J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
"Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education" outlined five core concepts intended to guide undergraduate biology education: 1) evolution; 2) structure and function; 3) information flow, exchange, and storage; 4) pathways and transformations of energy and matter; and 5) systems. We have taken these general recommendations and…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Guides
Johansson, Adam Johannes – Journal of Chemical Education, 2012
A wide variety of questions can be asked about the molecules that compose the physical reality around us and constitute biological life. Some of these questions are answered by the science called biology, others find their answer in chemistry, whereas the answers to the most fundamental questions are only to be found in the theories of physics.…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Foreign Countries, Quantum Mechanics, Scientists
Sanders, Nathan E.; Newton, Elisabeth; Kohler, Susanna – Astronomy Education Review, 2012
Because undergraduate participation in research is a longstanding and increasingly important aspect of the career path for future scientists, students can benefit from additional resources to introduce them to the culture and process of research. We suggest the adoption of the web resource "Astrobites" as a classroom tool to increase the…
Descriptors: Internet, Careers, Astronomy, Undergraduate Study
Ridgely, Charles T. – European Journal of Physics, 2011
When two gravitating bodies reside in a material medium, Newton's law of universal gravitation must be modified to account for the presence of the medium. A modified expression of Newton's law is known in the literature, but lacks a clear connection with existing gravitational theory. Newton's law in the presence of a homogeneous material medium…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, Physics, Scientific Concepts
Jansen-van Vuuren, Ross D.; Buchanan, Malcolm S.; McKenzie, Ross H. – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
The ability of developing countries to provide a sound tertiary chemical education is a key ingredient to the improvement of living standards and economic development within these countries. However, teaching undergraduate experimental chemistry and building research capacity in institutions based within these countries involves formidable…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Developing Nations, Chemistry, Science Education
