Using Citizen Science to Engage Introductory Students: From Streams to the Solar System

We present two examples of citizen science learning activities, with discussion of how these activities align with teaching strategies shown to increase retention of under-represented minorities and improve learning for all students in science. For introductory science students from diverse backgrou...

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Autores principales: Carolin Cardamone, Lisa Lobel
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Publicado: American Society for Microbiology 2016
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Acceso en línea:https://doaj.org/article/18baa9ad1c324e25b8321238cc6ddd95
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Sumario:We present two examples of citizen science learning activities, with discussion of how these activities align with teaching strategies shown to increase retention of under-represented minorities and improve learning for all students in science. For introductory science students from diverse backgrounds, citizen science provides a unique hands-on opportunity to engage students in the process of scientific discovery and to contribute to real science through their curriculum. These tools also increase engagement of science majors and address the current national priority of increasing student retention in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) fields.