Teaching Science in the Two-Year College: An Nsta Press Journals Collection

Curricular Issues in the Two-Year College......Page 6
Teaching Strategies for the Two-Year College......Page 7
Using Information and Communication Technologies......Page 8
The uniqueness of teaching science in the two-year college......Page 10
Teaching strategies for the two-year college......Page 11
Conclusion......Page 13
Hello! Is Anybody Out There?......Page 14
Now what?......Page 15
And then there’s the Internet......Page 16
COMMCOLL......Page 17
What Students Really Want Us to Know about Their Science Classroom Experiences......Page 18
Anxiety and the two-year student......Page 19
How the first day can help—and hurt......Page 20
References......Page 21
A Multidimensional Perspective on the Important Work of Part-time Faculty......Page 24
Nathan Dubowsky......Page 25
Robert L. Warasila......Page 27
Diane Cheatwood......Page 29
Frances T. Costa and M. W. Caprio......Page 31
References......Page 32
An Unrecognized Crisis Thirty Years in the Making......Page 34
Acknowledgment......Page 38
Role of campus counseling services......Page 40
Seeking counseling assistance......Page 41
Role of science teachers......Page 42
Benefits of collaboration......Page 43
References......Page 44
A Preview of the College-Level “Pathways to the Science Standards”......Page 46
References......Page 47
A Different Approach to Developing Science Courses for Nonscience Majors......Page 52
Other ideas?......Page 55
References......Page 56
A Recipe for a Successful Science Course That’s Sure to Please......Page 58
References......Page 59
Why we did it......Page 60
At the Murrell School......Page 61
Impact on those involved......Page 62
References......Page 64
Adopting an Educational Paradigm That Targets the Adult Learner......Page 66
Instructional strategies for the adult learner......Page 67
An application of the theory......Page 68
Conclusion......Page 69
References......Page 70
The instructor’s view......Page 72
The master learners......Page 74
The students......Page 75
Reference......Page 77
Weeding Out the Bad Teaching Habits That Inhibit Students’ Growth......Page 78
References......Page 81
Minimizing Obstacles Along the Track to the Constructivist Approach......Page 82
A new student/teacher relationship......Page 83
Skills for collaboration......Page 84
References......Page 85
Why should I go there......Page 88
Why I should not go there......Page 90
So how do we get there from here?......Page 91
References......Page 92
Mastering the Interdisciplinary Skills at the Core of Science......Page 94
The experiment......Page 95
The scientific paper......Page 96
Findings and conclusion......Page 97
References......Page 98
The Fight of Your Life: Battling Bacteria......Page 100
Results and discussion......Page 101
References......Page 103
A Research Report and a Model for Making It Happen......Page 104
Model research......Page 105
Research results......Page 106
Summary and Discussion......Page 108
References......Page 109
Reflecting on the Distant World of Science to See Close Connections to Everyday Life......Page 110
A critical reflection exercise for students......Page 111
References......Page 114
Integrating Information Technology With Problem-Solving Pedagogies......Page 116
Curricular modules for community college biology......Page 117
Getting started......Page 118
Exam questions......Page 119
References......Page 121
Your assignment......Page 124
Case objectives......Page 125
Classroom management......Page 126
Student preparation......Page 127
Helping Community College Students Make the Grade in Anatomy......Page 130
Note......Page 132
The science telecourses......Page 134
The screening process......Page 136
Results and observations......Page 138
References......Page 139
Teaching Introductory Agriculture Courses Through Distance Education Technology at Louisiana State University......Page 140
Evaluation......Page 141
Conclusions......Page 142
References......Page 143
Assessing Outcomes of Two Student Populations......Page 144
The inquiry approach......Page 145
Knowledge of biology......Page 146
Reasoning level......Page 147
Graphing skill......Page 148
Identifying causal relationships......Page 149
Descriptive variables......Page 150
Discussion......Page 151
References......Page 152
Information Resources for Community Colleges......Page 153
2007 Area Conventions......Page 154
Appendix C......Page 155
A......Page 158
C......Page 159
E......Page 160
I......Page 161
L......Page 162
Q......Page 163
S......Page 164
T......Page 165
W......Page 166