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NSDL Classic Articles in Context

G.S. Callendar, 1938
G.S. Callendar, 1938

The Classic Articles in Context (CAC) project of the National Science Digital Library seeks to integrate important works of scientific inquiry into dynamic learning spaces for teachers and learners. To achieve the goal of illustrating science as a process that builds, and often turns, on discovery and replication expressed in the archival literature of empirical findings, the Library works with publishers to make the full texts of select "classic" articles available to patrons whether or not they or their institution holds a subscription to the peer-reviewed journals in which the articles appeared. Every paper featured in a CAC topical concentration includes a narrative essay that provides an overview of the investigation suitable for undergraduate science courses. The essays discuss significant aspects of the studies (e.g. novel experimental methods) based on the state of understanding at the time of publication and with respect to the larger published literature of the field (noting, for example, how a given set of findings influenced subsequent work).

Issues for 2008

by James R. Fleming. NSDL Classic Articles in Context. Issue 1, April 2008.

by Peter M. Levy NSDL Classic Articles in Context. Issue 2, December 2008.


Forthcoming




A Selection of Studies on Using Primary Research in Teaching

Falk, H; Brill, G; & Yarden, A (2008) Teaching a Biotechnology Curriculum Based on Adapted Primary Literature. International Journal of Science Education, v30 n14 p1841-1866 Nov 2008


Fisher, D. (2006) Using Research Papers as a Tool in Teaching Introductory Statistics. Journal of Interdisciplinary Mathematics, 9, 287-295.


Peck, W. H. (2004). Teaching Metastability in Petrology using a Guided Reading from the Primary Literature. Journal of Geoscience Education, 52 (3), 284-288.


Brill, G. and Yarden, A. (2003) Learning biology through research papers: a stimulus for question-asking by highschool students. Cell Biology Education, 2(4), 266-274.


Tilstra, L. (2001) Using journal articles to teach writing skills for laboratory reports in general chemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, 78 (6), 762-764.


Levine, E (2001). Reading your way to scientific literacy. Journal of College Science Teaching, 31, (2), 122-125.


Muench, S. B. (2000). Choosing primary literature in biology to achieve specific educational goals. Journal of College Science Teaching, 29, 255–260.


Matthews, F. J. (1997) Chemical Literature. Journal of Chemical Education, 74 (8). 1011-1015.


Robinson, G.D. (1987) Using journal articles in an introductory geology class. Journal of Geological Education, 35, 140-141.


Lee, H.H. Shore, R.E., Ehmann, A. & Gano, C. (1970). Merging of Research and Teaching in Developmental Biology: Adaption of Current Scientific Research Papers for Use in Undergraduate Laboratory Exercises. Bioscience, 20 (1), 34.



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