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How to Use Virtual Platforms to Design Accessible Inquiry Projects for High-Enrollment Undergraduate Courses
Read MoreThere is no time like the present to develop alternative, yet meaningful experiences that expose undergraduates to research. Mentored research is associated wi…
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How to Use Virtual Platforms to Design Accessible Inquiry Projects for High-Enrollment Undergraduate Courses
Learn MoreThere is no time like the present to develop alternative, yet meaningful experiences that expose undergraduates to research. Mentored research is associated wi…
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An Invitation to Explore Alternative Design Features in Undergraduate Research Experiences
Learn MoreUndergraduate research has long been a springboard for future scientists, but not all students can access these transformative opportunities. What if we reimag…
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Tackling Real-World Problems: Impacts, Observations, and Challenges after Seven Years of the Environment Corps
Learn MoreCaption: Stormwater Corps students learn to read development site plans with Instructors Bruce Hyde and Mike Dietz.In the spring of 2016, faculty members from …
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Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining STEM Pedagogies
Learn MoreAdditional Authors: John L. Pecore, Ph.D. (Professor, University of West Florida); Melissa K. Demetrikopoulos, Ph.D. (Director, Institute for Biomedical Philos…
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Change Strategies and Tools to Support STEM Faculty’s Enactment of Equitable, Student-Centered Instruction
Learn More(Caption: BETTER in STEM Cohort 1 Faculty at the Summer 2023 Workshop)IntroductionThere is a shortage of highly qualified STEM professionals in the United Stat…
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Creating Courses that Integrate Science and Culture: Facilitating Learning Across Three Knowledge Domains
Learn More(Caption: Image from the Florentine Codex depicting the importance and knowledge of agriculture in 16th century Aztec culture.)In this blog, a historian of sci…
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Creating Accessible Research Opportunities for Underserved STEM Students: Building Confidence and Campus Connection
Learn MoreCaption: Figure 1. Student Isabella Donadio Pizzolato, Summer 2021 Chemistry Cohort (Credit: Carol McDonald, PBSC Photographer)Post-Pandemic STEM Student Chall…
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Incorporating a Field Experience into Classroom Instruction: An Experiment in Engineering Ethics and Social Justice
Learn MoreProblem solving has been described as the central activity of engineering.1 Developing engineering solutions requires engineers to understand the problems to b…
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Integrating Technology with Best Practices Paves the Way
Learn MoreWe live in an era of change teeming with technology and environmental enhancements. Students are eager to use virtual, immersive, and interactive digital tools…
