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1. Science “Fails”: A Bank of Historical Examples for Learning From Failure in Science

   25 Oct 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Christina Makkar¹, Maria Dasios*¹, Nicole Laliberté¹, Fiona Rawle¹

   University of Toronto Mississauga

   Learning from failure is critically important to the processes of scientific inquiry, discovery, and invention. However, students are not routinely taught how to reflect on, learn from, and...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4526/?v=1

2. Helping Students to Metacognitively Read Scientific Literature With Talking to the Text

   31 Aug 2023 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Heather G. McGray†¹, Ella Tour†², Tin Ki Tsang†*³

   1. San Diego City College 2. University of California, San Diego 3. University of San Diego

   Reading primary scientific literature enhances students’ understanding of material, increases their self-efficacy, and critical thinking skills. However, scientific articles often present...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/4466/?v=1

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   Maria Dasios

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   Meena Kharatmal

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5. Data, Distributions, and Hypotheses: Exploring Diversity and Disturbance in the Tallgrass Prairie

   29 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Aakanksha Angra †¹, Harmony J. Dalgleish ††², Sally M. Chambers ††³, Diana Pita †⁴, Nancy C. Emery* †⁵

   1. Georgia State University 2. College of William & Mary 3. Marie Selby Botanical Gardens 4. Purdue University 5. University of Colorado Boulder

   Proper hypothesis generation, data handling, graphing, and communication are essential skills that undergraduate majors in biology are expected to master. However, students rarely get hands-on...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2672/?v=1

6. Bad Science: Exploring the unethical research behind a putative memory supplement

   28 Aug 2021 | Teaching Materials | Contributor(s):

   By Abigail G. Schindler¹, Rebecca M Price¹

   University of Washington

   As members of society, students must be able to evaluate scientific claims across a wide variety of media to make sound decisions about health and wellness. However, students - and most members of...

   https://qubeshub.org/publications/2607/?v=1