AIDS Awareness among Community College Students 1992-1998
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Christine Case
Decreasing high-risk sexual and drug-using behaviors among teenagers and young adults is a primary HIV prevention priority. College students may be an important target population for prevention measures. |
Mentoring Undergraduate Students in the Laboratory
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Amy Cheng Vollmer
The author shares strategies, and ways to shape strategies to meet unique needs, based up on mentors in her life and a number of resource materials. |
Student-Driven Delivery of Microbiology
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Leigh Callan
Both the students and I were surprised and excited by the immediate success of this approach to learning. The students seemed much more focused and interested in what their classmates had to say than in a typical straight lecture. |
Calibrated Peer Review: A Computer-Based System to Revive Your Students' Writing Skills
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Judith Kandel
So many of us want our students to write more but are overwhelmed by the volume of grading that will follow. Calibrated Peer Review™ (CPR) was developed with this problem in mind. |
Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Frederick Pfaender
Unseen Life on Earth: An Introduction to Microbiology, a set of 12 video programs with accompanying textbooks and study guides. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Spring 1999
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1999 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "AIDS Awareness." |
POINT/COUNTERPOINT: Hard Science—Soft Science
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/1999 by John DePinto, Jeff Foster
Point: I am a scientist because I enjoy asking scientific questions that lead to experiments that may provide information to finding answers.
Counterpoint: The term "hard science" has caused many a student to steer clear of all science courses. |
Serratia marcescens and the Miracle of Bolsena
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/1999 by Leleng To
Throughout history, the unexplained appearances of "blood" on food were perceived as miracles or as portents of evil. However, experiments by various scientists suggest a natural rather than a metaphysical explanation. |
Cultivating Caulobacter
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/1999 by Margaret Heimbrook
Are you looking for a new microbe to amaze and challenge your students? Tired of the same old symmetric binary fission? |
Information Technology Project
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/1999 by Leigh Callan
The Information Technology Project (ITP) is a joint initiative of Clayton State College (4-year unit) and Floyd College (2-year unit) of the University System of Georgia. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Winter 1999
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
2/1/1999 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "Labs." |
Teaching Microbiology with a Little Help from the Web
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Christopher Woolverton
Traditional lecture-based teaching and learning strategies are routinely challenged by
rapidly changing pedagogical dogma and cutting edge technology. |
The Undergraduate Education Conference: Atlanta 1998
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Tom Terry, Kim Finer
The 5th Annual Undergraduate Microbiology Education Conference was held at Emory University in Atlanta Ga., 15 to 17 May 1998. |
ASM Earns an "A" in Assessment
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Linda Sherwood
Three different sessions were devoted to the topic of assessment at the ASM Undergraduate Education Conference (15 to 17 May 1998) and the General Meeting (17 to 21 May 1998). |
Technology Corner - Fall 1998
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Pat Johnson
In this installment of Technology Corner, I would like to bring two topics to your attention. There were many discussions at the conference about distance learning. |
Teaching Microbiology by Using the Internet: a Preliminary Report
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Ron Hurlbert
I have used the Internet to teach Introductory Microbiology 101 (Micro 101) at Washington State University (WSU) the past two spring semesters. |
Nitrification in Soil and Plant Nitrogen Nutrition Relationships
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Joseph Heckman, James Strick
Microorganisms play many roles in the nitrogen (N) cycle, including N2 fixation, conversion of organic N to mineral N (mineralization), the reverse process (immobilization), ammonification, nitrification, and denitrification. |
Focus on Microbiology Education Newsmagazine - Fall 1998
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
10/1/1998 by Multiple Authors
Features articles on teaching undergraduate microbiology. The issue's theme is "Technology and Teaching." |
Some Thoughts on Picking a General Microbiology Textbook
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1998 by Robert Benoit
There is good news and bad news about the general microbiology (GM) textbook market. First, the good news—there are many excellent choices. Now, the bad news—no text will be an ideal match for your classroom needs. |
Biological Weapons: Black Biology
MicrobeLibrary Article: Focus on Microbiology Education
5/1/1998 by Ron Hurlbert
Biological weapons are defined as microorganisms that infect and grow in thetarget host producing a clinical disease that kills or incapacitates the targetedhost, or products of metabolism (usually, but not always, of microbial origin)that kill or incapac |
