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Evolution challenges. Integrating research and practice in teaching and learning about evolution

by Karl S Rosengren , Sarah K Brem , E Margaret Evans , Gale M Sinatra , Craig E Nelson , 2012
"... Abstract and Keywords Scientists frequently attribute public misunderstanding of evolution to religious or political influences. Ineffective undergraduate teaching has also contributed. Faculty often ignored strong pedagogical evidence. Five research conclusions are discussed: The traditional lectu ..."
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of research on teaching undergraduate science. The latter part turns to strategies that take account of factors that apply more strongly to evolution than to much of the rest of science. Key Result 1: Active Learning Is More Effective Active learning substantially increases achievement when compared

Perspective An Online Bioinformatics Curriculum

by David B. Searls
"... Abstract: Online learning initia-tives over the past decade have become increasingly comprehen-sive in their selection of courses and sophisticated in their presen-tation, culminating in the recent announcement of a number of consortium and startup activities that promise to make a university educat ..."
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Abstract: Online learning initia-tives over the past decade have become increasingly comprehen-sive in their selection of courses and sophisticated in their presen-tation, culminating in the recent announcement of a number of consortium and startup activities that promise to make a university

Using Wiki in an Online Record Documentation Systems Course

by MBA, RHIA, CCS; Susie T Harris , MD Xiaoming Zeng
"... Abstract We report a case study using a wiki tool, Confluence, including a brief history, current status, and motivations for using Confluence. We describe how we created two spaces on Confluence for two consecutive classes, 2006 and 2007, in Introduction Currently, 13 out of the 34 Commission o ..."
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on their progress and modifying or even contributing to their work. Students can learn from the examples provided by the instructor without overwhelming e-mail exchanges. After-Class Survey To assess the efficacy of using the Confluence wiki in online education, a five-question survey was distributed at the end

Career-Oriented Performance Tasks in Chemistry: Effects on Students‘ Critical Thinking Skills

by Allen A Espinosa , Sheryl Lyn , C Monterola , Amelia E Punzalan , 2013
"... The study was conducted to assess the effectiveness of career-oriented performance task (COPT) approach against the traditional teaching approach (TTA) in enhancing students' critical thinking skills. Specifically, it sought to find out if students exposed to COPT have higher critical thinking ..."
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thinking skills than those students exposed to the traditional teaching approach (TTA). COPT approach aims to integrate career-oriented examples and inquiry-based activities in general inorganic chemistry. The study used the quasiexperimental pretest-posttest control group design. The sample of the study

BDRS PRICE DESCRIPTOR,

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"... This report focuses on the evidence about the health.consequences of smoking for women, and is intended to serve.the public health and medical communities as 'a unified source of existing scientific research. The major issues about tobacco use and women's health are examined, including tre ..."
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This report focuses on the evidence about the health.consequences of smoking for women, and is intended to serve.the public health and medical communities as 'a unified source of existing scientific research. The major issues about tobacco use and women's health are examined, including

L THE PRODUCTION OF PSYCHOLOGICAL KNOWLEDGE AS COMMUNICATIVE INTERACTION

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Interactive Cognition: Exploring the Potential of Electronic Quote/Commenting. In: B. Gorayska & J.L. Mey (Eds.) Cognitive Technology: In Search of a Humane Interface.

by Stevan Harnad , 1995
"... Human cognition is not an island unto itself. As a species, we are not Leibnizian Monads independently engaging in clear, Cartesian thinking. Our minds interact. That's surely why our species has language. And that interactivity probably constrains both what and how we think. Although Wittgens ..."
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. Participants themselves will be asked to indicate, before knowing the verdict of the judges, whether they felt they prevailed or lost. (A future variant within-subject design could use the same debaters, with different topics, performing in all five roles (O vs. O, Q vs. Q, N vs. N, Q vs. N and N vs. Q

Community, Family and School-based Interventions for HIV/AIDS Prevention in African American Adolescents

by M J Ickes , & M Sharma , 2007
"... Abstract This article examined HIV/AIDS interventions targeted towards African American adolescents published between 1992 and 2006. Fourteen interventions met the inclusion criteria of which eight were community-based, three were family-based and three were school-based. The most common focus of i ..."
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was effective in increasing condom use among sexually active youth, condom-use rates were 21% higher compared to control youth, p<.05. The results support the importance of peer groups on influence of longterm risk and protective sexual behaviors and perceptions. Evidence also suggests that the intervention
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