Archive for category: Newsworthy

–eLearning One way to engage learners is to make content immediately relevant. People naturally pay more attention to information they can use right away than information they “might need someday.”

– National Center for Biological Information Results from end-of-course student evaluations of teaching (SETs) are taken seriously by faculties and form part of a decision base for the recruitment of academic […]

– CBE Life Sciences Education Introducing group work in college science classrooms can lead to noticeable gains in student achievement, reasoning ability, and motivation. To realize these gains, students must all […]

[Link to Article] This article contributes to a more robust understanding of timely completion of STEM doctorates by underrepresented minority students. Findings indicate that Hispanic/Latino and students from other underrepresented […]

–STEM Teaching Tools Here are things to consider in science teaching to make meaningful connections to the cultural knowledge, experiences, and ways of knowing of students and their communities.