Publications by authors named "C Rinehart"
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- Over two decades, initiatives have aimed to enhance STEM undergraduate outcomes, with the inclusive Research Education Community (iREC) emerging as a scalable reform model that supports STEM faculty in implementing course-based research to improve student learning.
- This study utilized pathway modeling to describe the HHMI Science Education Alliance (SEA) iREC, identifying how faculty engagement leads to sustainable adoption and improvement of new teaching strategies through feedback from over 100 participating faculty members.
- The findings indicate that iREC fosters a collaborative environment where STEM faculty can share expertise and data, thereby enhancing their teaching practices and contributing to the overall evolution of undergraduate science education.
General anesthesia-a pharmacologically induced reversible state of unconsciousness-enables millions of life-saving procedures. Anesthetics induce unconsciousness in part by impinging upon sexually dimorphic and hormonally sensitive hypothalamic circuits regulating sleep and wakefulness. Thus, we hypothesized that anesthetic sensitivity should be sex-dependent and modulated by sex hormones.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCourse-based research pedagogy involves positioning students as contributors to authentic research projects as part of an engaging educational experience that promotes their learning and persistence in science. To develop a model for assessing and grading students engaged in this type of learning experience, the assessment aims and practices of a community of experienced course-based research instructors were collected and analyzed. This approach defines four aims of course-based research assessment - 1) Assessing Laboratory Work and Scientific Thinking; 2) Evaluating Mastery of Concepts, Quantitative Thinking and Skills; 3) Appraising Forms of Scientific Communication; and 4) Metacognition of Learning - along with a set of practices for each aim.
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- - The study investigates the implementation and educational benefits of course-based research experiences (CRE) in STEM education over three years, involving 102 instructors from the SEA-PHAGES program.
- - The research includes surveys and feedback sessions to understand instructors' perspectives on the goals and teaching practices of CRE, ultimately utilizing qualitative content analysis.
- - Findings reveal three instructional models for CRE teaching: 1) acting as a scientist and generating data, 2) teaching procedural knowledge, and 3) promoting project ownership, which help inform new instructors and institutions about effective CRE instruction.
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- The study examines a diverse group of bacteriophages that infect Microbacterium species, highlighting their genetic variety and unique features, such as very large genes and unusual protein fusions.
- A total of 116 phages were isolated and analyzed, revealing that most are lytic and can be categorized into twelve clusters, with some being singletons without close relatives.
- The findings indicate that these phages could be valuable for research in Microbacterium genetics, as they offer novel genetic components and tools for genetic manipulation.