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How our Students Learn

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FEATURES
Implications from a Study on Critical Thinking
Christopher Dobson Grand Valley State University, Allendalle, Mich.

Role-Playing for Active Learning about Extremophiles
Luti Erbežnik, Albion College, Albion, Mich.

Why Are Some Students Failing Your Course?
Anton E. Lawson Arizona State University, Tempe, Ariz.

CAREER SERIES
Career Series III. Science Educator to Science Writer: a Personal Voyage
Janet Yagoda Shagam, Rhizotech, Albuquerque, N.Mex.

MEETINGS
Report from the Twelfth Annual ASM Conference for Undergraduate Educators
Sue Merkel Cornell University, N.Y. Kristine Snow, Fox Valley Technical College, Wis.

Inaugural Program Brings Together Sixteen Educators Committed to Scholarly Work in Learning
Kelly Gull American Society for Microbiology

JOURNAL WATCH
Journal Watch
Kathleen Jagger, Transylvania University

WEB WATCH
Web Watch
Indiren Pillay, Culver-Stockton College

From the Editor

Think about how our students learn!  That's what we have for you in this issue of FOME.  Chris Dobson tackles critical thinking from the point of view of Bloom's Taxonomy;  Anton Lawson tackles biological assessment from the point of view of how students think.  For those who are new to active learning,  Luti Erbežnik provides a role-playing model for learning about extremophiles. Thermoacidophiles can come to life without the heat or the acid! If you are thinking about writing as a career, be sure to read Janet Shagam's article in the Career Series section—from microbiologist to writer.

If you missed the ASMCUE at Emory University in Atlanta, be sure to see Sue Merkel and Kristine Snow's review of Try Something New! Learn Something New! There's also news from ASM; Kelly Gull reports on the first ever ASM program for Scholars-in-Residence, a four-day workshop on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning (SoTL). Learn about the program and meet the sixteen ASM Scholars.

With this issue, two editorial board members and two columnists, having served full terms, are moving on to other endeavors. Many thanks to editorial board members Indiren Pillay and Chris Woolverton. Many thanks as well to Kathleen Jagger and Indiren Pillay for guiding us to resources with their Journal Watch and Web Watch columns, respectively.

Many thanks to Kelly Cowan, who has served as editor-in-chief of FOME for the last three years. During her tenure, FOME has grown from three issues to four—the summer Reviews issue rounds out the quarterly publication. Without her help, the last two issues would still be in the works. Kelly, many thanks for your enthusiastic and most-welcome support. 

Lucy W. Kluckhohn Jones   Editor, FOME

Kelly Cowan Editor, FOME

Newsletter Editorial Committee
Lucy Kluckhohn Jones, Editor, Santa Monica College
M.M. (Kelly) Cowan, Editor, Miami University - Middletown
Jacki Laxon, Community College of Rhode Island
Indiren Pillay, Culver-Stockton College
Christopher Woolverton, Kent State University
Jean Gondwe, Production Editor, ASM Staff