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The journal Science has awarded a biology lab developed for BS110 the Science Prize for Inquiry-Based Instruction. The “Campus Trees Phenology Project” was developed by Tammy Long, an assistant professor of plant biology, and Sara Wyse, now an assistant professor of biological sciences at Bethel University, as part of the coursework in the class Biological Sciences [...]
The MSU Neuroscience Program is hosting the Brain Bee competition on Saturday, February 11, 2012, for high school students in mid-Michigan. The annual Brain Bee at MSU is a live question and answer competition that challenges high school students on their knowledge of neuroscience facts, including emotions, sensations, aging, addiction, and more. This event is [...]
The CNS Alumni Association (CNSAA) Board of Directors is comprised of 12 volunteers. They provide leadership on behalf of CNS’ 40,000-plus alumni worldwide so we thought you’d like to get to know them better. Each month, we’ll be profiling a board member and during that month, they’ll reflect on their MSU experience, talk about their job, offer career advice, [...]
Several changes in leadership positions affiliated with CNS were recently made for Fall 2011. Following are the new department chairs and program directors in CNS: James Galligan, Director, Neuroscience Program William Jackson, Interim Chair, Department of Pharmacology/Toxicology Joseph Krajcik, Director, Institute for Research on Math and Science Education David Kreulen, Interim Chair, Department of Physiology [...]
Joseph Krajcik has been named director of the MSU Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education (IRMSE). Krajcik comes to MSU from the University of Michigan, where he has been a professor in the School of Education since 1990. He is a key contributor in the national movement to create new K-12 science standards. [...]
Diane Ebert-May, professor of plant biology, and five co-authors published an evaluation of how well professional development workshops do when teaching university professors to use active, “learner-centered” teaching methods. Their findings, published in the July 2011 issue of BioScience, call into doubt the value of the self-assessments traditionally used in education research. The analysis found [...]
Spending the summer criss-crossing Michigan and traveling remote backroads may not sound like science, but for two MSU graduate students, it is a key role in the establishment of a massive imaging array to better predict natural disasters. Benjamin Johnson and Jamie Ryan are identifying locations across the lower peninsula that will host 25 seismic [...]
In a YouTube video titled “Viking Exploding Jack-o-Lantern,” students in Rich Lund’s chemistry class at St. John’s High School are thrilled as the gases inside the pumpkin ignite. This ignition of acetylene gas is the exciting side of chemistry – one which Kathy Severin and Gavin Reid think more high school students should experience. [...]
Associate Professor Julie Libarkin bubbles with enthusiasm for education. In her four years at MSU, Libarkin has changed the way students learn geology. For Libarkin, her research is about improving learning. She coined the term “geocognition” to describe the study of how people perceive and understand the Earth. “What do people not know?” asks Libarkin. [...]
The Institute for Research on Mathematics and Science Education is a new interdisciplinary research center developed by CNS and the College of Education and will bring together science and education scholars to improve kindergarten through college level mathematics and science education. Read more…
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