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Authors: Stains, M., Harshman, J., Barker, M. K., Chasteen, S. V., Cole, R., DeChenne-Peters, S. E., Eagan, M. K., Esson, J. M., Knight, J. K., Laski, F. A., Levis-Fitzgerald, M., Lee, C. J., Lo, S. M., McDonnell, L. M., McKay, T. A., Michelotti, N., Musgrove, A., Palmer, M. S., Plank, K. M., Rodela, T. M., Sanders, E. R., Schimpf, N. G., Schulte, P. M., Smith, M. K., Stetzer, M., Van Valkenburgh, B., Vinson, E., Weir, L. K., Wendel, P. J., Wheeler, L. B., & Young, A. M.
Affiliations: The list of author affiliations is provided in the supplementary materials.
Corresponding author: Stains, M.
ORCID: Stains, M.
Harshman, J.
Chasteen, S. V.
Cole, R.
Eagan, M. K.
Knight, J. K.
Laski, F. A.
Lo, S. M.
McDonnell, L. M.
McKay, T. A.
Musgrove, A.
Palmer, M. S.
Plank, K. M.
Schulte, P. M.
Smith, M. K.
Stetzer, M.
Vinson, E.
Weir, L. K.
Wendel, P. J.
Wheeler, L. B.
Young, A. M.
Venue: Science
Publisher: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS)
Published: 2018-03-30
Volume: 359
Issue: 6383
Pages: 1468-1470
ISSN: 0036-8075 (ISSN-L)
1095-9203
DOI: 10.1126/science.aap8892
PMC: PMC6310123
OpenAlex: W2794769810
Cited by: 772
References: 20
Citations by year: 2026: 59 · 2025: 78 · 2024: 115 · 2023: 63 · 2022: 106 · 2021: 122 · 2020: 123 · 2019: 80 · 2018: 26
FWCI: 285.14
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
europepmc.org
Licence: www.sciencemag.org/about/science-licenses-journal-article-reuse (vor)
Locations: Science (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
Europe PMC (PubMed Central) (acceptedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Digital Commons - Otterbein (Otterbein University) (submittedVersion)
eScholarship (California Digital Library) (submittedVersion)
Funders: Howard Hughes Medical Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R25GM114822)
Topics: Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
Social Sciences › Education › Evaluation of Teaching Practices
Keywords: STEM education, university teaching, lecture method, teaching practice, North American universities

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