Science is becoming more collaborative over time, and one trend in science education is to try and reflect that cultural change in the classroom. An …
Help Study Mendelian Pigs
We use research to help design our virtual laboratories. Some studies we do on our own, but for many we need help from faculty willing to try a lab in …
E-Textbooks and the Blind
If you are blind and studying any of the sciences, there are a lot of obstacles in your way. One of them is the textbook. Somehow, you must get the …
Is a picture worth 1,000 words?
We all know that making someone a drawing is a great way to explain scientific ideas. Reviews of textbooks will talk about the quality of the …
SimUText Ecology
Replace your ecology textbook If you've been following our blog, you've seen me make several posts about e-textbooks. One reason I've been following …
Majors vs. Non-majors
Most universities have separate biology classes for non-majors, which are often taken by students who need to fulfill a "science" requirement to …
Lower-Order Thinking & Allocating Limited Brainpower
I'm reading two different documents now which are both, in a way, about testing, but at opposite levels of thinking. The first is the National …
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Can a Number Be Both Even and Odd?
Discuss. I wrote a few weeks ago about a math teacher and professor that was profiled in the NY Times magazine for showing that teachers who know and …
Science Standards in Real Classrooms
Every state has a set of science standards that are supposed to guide what is taught at different grade levels in their schools. Many of these are …
