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As science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) instruction begins to shift to a more active approach, how do we best collect and analyze data on how teachers and students spend their classroom time?
Published:
02/07/2014
Support for nontraditional students, team-based quality control, and assessment design are critical.
Published:
12/20/2013
Leah Gum's decision to switch from theater into electrical engineering isn't as rare as many experts think.
Published:
01/10/2014
First-generation college students, where neither parent received a 4-year college degree, tend to perform more poorly and have higher dropout rates than continuing-generation students, who have at least one parent with a 4-year degree.
Published:
01/03/2014
The Student DNA Barcoding Project, an IBI prize–winning module, develops student generated research to study local biodiversity using molecular biology skills.
Published:
12/20/2013
An Editors' Choice selection on research examining factors that may encourage female students to pursue careers in the physical sciences.
Published:
12/13/2013
The Evolution of Human Mate Preference, an IBI prize–winning module, uses inquiry to elucidate strategies used by males and females to maximize reproductive fitness.
Published:
12/06/2013