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Web-Enhanced General Chemistry Increases Student Completion Rates, Success, and Satisfaction by Amaral, Katie E, Shank, John D, Shibley, Ivan A, Shibley, Lisa R

“…General Chemistry I historically had one of the highest failure and withdrawal rates at Penn State Berks, a four-year college within the Penn State system. The…”
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Oxidation and Reduction Reactions in Organic Chemistry by Shibley, Ivan A, Amaral, Katie E, Aurentz, David J, McCaully, Ronald J

“…A variety of approaches to the concept of oxidation and reduction appear in organic textbooks. The method proposed here is different than most published…”
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Using Popular Nonfiction in Organic Chemistry: Teaching More Than Content by Amaral, Katie E, Shibley, Ivan A

“…Assigning a popular nonfiction book as a supplemental text in organic chemistry can help students learn valuable skills. An analysis of student feedback on…”
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Interdisciplinary Team Teaching: Negotiating Pedagogical Differences by Shibley, Ivan A.

“…Four different team teaching experiences are described with collaborators from a variety of disciplines. The pedagogical differences between the teachers…”
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The Influence of Collaborative Learning on Student Attitudes and Performance in an Introductory Chemistry Laboratory by Shibley, Ivan A, Zimmaro, Dawn M

“…This study was designed to determine the effect of collaborative learning on student attitudes and performance in an introductory chemistry laboratory. Two…”
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Ob-scertainers™: A Cooperative Activity on Hypotheses by Shibley, Ivan A

“…An Ob-scertainer (Lab-Aids, Inc.) is an opaque, black petri dish with a design molded into the plastic. A metal ball is placed inside each Ob-scertainer and…”
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College Chemistry and Piaget: An Analysis of Gender Difference, Cognitive Abilities, and Achievement Measures Seventeen Years Apart by Shibley, Ivan A, Milakofsky, Louis M, Bender, David S, Patterson, Henry O

“…This study revisits an analysis of gender difference in the cognitive abilities of college chemistry students using scores from "Inventory of Piaget's…”
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Supraphysiological acetaldehyde levels suppress growth in chicken embryos by Hartl, Michael W, Shibley, Ivan A

“…Although exposure to ethanol is known to cause growth inhibition in a developing embryo, the contributing effect of acetaldehyde on growth is not as well…”
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Incorporating a Substantial Writing Assignment into Organic Chemistry: Library Research, Peer Review, and Assessment by Nicotera, Cynthia L, Shibley, Ivan A, Milakofsky, Louis K

“…A substantial writing assignment in an organic chemistry course provides a means of allowing students to direct their own learning about a specific application…”
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Ethanol's effect on tissue polyamines and ornithine decarboxylase activity: a concise review by Shibley, Jr, I A, Gavigan, M D, Pennington, S N

“…An extraordinarily diverse literature describes the cellular/tissue systems in which the molecular effects of both acute and chronic alcohol exposure seem to…”
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Learning Disabilities and Performance on the Pennsylvania System of School Assessment by Fusaro, Joseph A., Shibley, Ivan A., Wiley, David A.

“…The No Child Left Behind Act mandates all students in schools receiving Title I funds show proficiency in reading by 2014. This stricture applies to students…”
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Technology, Integrated Learning, Staff Development: It's a Total Package by Shibley, Ivan A.

“…Discusses the amount of money being spent to buy computers for classrooms and emphasizes the need for more money to be spent on teacher training to…”
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Learning Outside the Classroom: Practical Suggestions for Reorganizing Courses to Promote Higher-Order Thinking by Mysliwiec, Tami, Dunbar, Maureen E., Shibley, Ivan A.

“…Exposing students to content outside of the classroom encourages them to take control of their learning. This article describes three methods for redesigning…”
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The effect of maternal malnutrition during pregnancy in the rat on the offspring’s weight, glucose uptake, glucose transporter protein levels and behaviors by Pennington, Sam N, Pennington, J.Sue, Ellington, Lisa D, Carver, F.Melinda, Shibley, Ivan A, Jeansonne, Neil, Lynch, Steven A, Roberson, Lori A, Miles, Debbie S, Wormington, Elaine P, Means, Larry W

“…Intrauterine growth retardation (IUGR) is associated with multiple molecular and physiological changes in the offspring. In the current study, offspring of…”
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Historical misrepresentation in science: The case of fetal alcohol syndrome by Shibley, Ivan A, Pennington, Sam N

“…The history of the fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS) provides a microcosm in which to explore the larger ramifications of historical citations in biomedical…”
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Ethanol-induced decrease of developmental PKC isoform expression in the embryonic chick brain by McIntyre, Timothy A, Souder, Matthew G, Hartl, Michael W, Shibley, Ivan A

“…Prenatal ethanol exposure can cause a number of physiological deficits known as fetal alcohol syndrome (FAS). Because protein kinase C (PKC) regulates the cell…”
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Ethanol Differentially Affects Metabolic and Mitotic Processes in Chick Embryonic Cells by Shibley Jr, Ivan A., Carver, F. Melinda, Pennington, Sam N.

“…Our laboratory has been investigating the mechanisms by which ethanol‐induced growth inhibition occurs in a developing embryo, and our studies have focused on…”
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Changes in brain glucose levels and glucose transporter protein isoforms in alcohol- or nicotine-treated chick embryos by Eckstein, L.Will, Shibley, Ivan A, Pennington, J.Sue, Carver, F.Melinda, Pennington, Sam N

“…Suppression of fetal brain growth during pregnancy as the result of maternal smoking or alcohol consumption leads to significant problems for the offspring as…”
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Insulin signaling in chick embryos exposed to alcohol by Pennington, S N, Shibley, Jr, I A, Koochek, K, Gavigan, M D, Monaghan, J M, Sandstrom, L P, Morgan, J L

“…Although insulin is known to be an important generator of regulatory signals during fetal growth and development, neither the immediate nor long-term effects…”
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Signaling pathways regulating ornithine decarboxylase activity in the embryonic chicken by Shibley, Jr, I A, Pennington, S N

“…The pathways regulating ornithine decarboxylase (ODC) activity in the chick embryo were studied to determine which kinase-signaling pathways regulate ODC…”
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