Recently added articles from Journal of College Science Teaching:
A sporting chance.(LETTERS)(Letter to the editor)
Sep 01, 2009; ... (Editorial, May/June 2009) I enjoyed reading your May/June 2009 editorial, "A Sporting Chance." I too have had several positive experiences with undergraduate student athletes enrolled in my nonmajors biology courses. I feel that you tackled this stereotype quite effectively. As ...
Saving energy in the chemistry-teaching process and improving student learning.(POINT OF VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 01, 2009; ... At Eastern Kentucky University, incoming students generally have poor backgrounds in high school chemistry. This is slightly surprising, considering that 88% of the incoming freshmen claim to have taken chemistry in high school, studied an average of seven hours a week for chemistry alone, ...
The nuclear road ahead: a science, technology, and society issue.(POINT OF VIEW)(Viewpoint essay)
Sep 01, 2009; ... Many undergraduates can often be motivated by the opportunity to explore issues requiring them to develop at least a modest understanding of the underlying science. For many students, "just in time" science makes good sense. There are many issues that we can use for this purpose involving ...
Hope for the hungry.(HEADLINE SCIENCE)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... A St. Louis--based team of plant and physician scientists with a vision of eradicating malnutrition throughout the developing world recently formed the Global Harvest Alliance (GHA), a humanitarian effort involving St. Louis Children's Hospital, the Donald Danforth Plant Science Center, ...
Teeny-tiny x-ray vision.(HEADLINE SCIENCE)(x-ray tubes packed with carbon nanotubes)(Brief article)
Sep 01, 2009 ... The tubes that power x-ray machines are shrinking, improving the clarity and detail of their Superman-like vision. A team of nanomaterial scientists, medical physicists, and cancer biologists at the University of North Carolina has developed new lower-cost x-ray tubes packed with ...