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Integrating Active Learning in Large STEM Lectures

Scholarly Teacher

Keywords: Active Learning, Think-Pair-Share, STEM Background Introductory undergraduate STEM classes are notoriously painful experiences, both for the students and for the teacher. Unfortunately, managing group work as a teacher is a honed skill that requires time, practice, and initially involves some risk.

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. “Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape” (2010).

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Supporting Non-Major Biology Students: Making the Classroom YOUnique

Faculty Focus

This innovative teaching environment blends engaged lectures with hands-on, collaborative activities, with the instructor as a facilitator. Jack Sytsma is a doctoral graduate teaching assistant in the Division of Biology at Kansas State University. “Community Colleges in the Evolving STEM Education Landscape” (2010).