Undergraduate Research Opportunities

Undergraduate and graduate students, pre-service and in-service teachers are involved in every aspect of her research.

For more information visit Dr. McLaughlin's web-site or her curricular vitae.

Publications:

• McLaughlin, J. S. and Seaquist S. (2008). Using a virtual tissue culture system to assist students in understanding life at the cellular level. The American Biology Teacher, 70 (7): 468-473.
  
  
• McLaughlin, J. S., and Arbeider, D. (2008). Evaluating multimedia-learning tools based on authentic research data that teach biology concepts and environmental stewardship. Contemporary Issues in Technology and Teacher Education, 8(1): 1-19. Retrieved from http://www.citejournal.org/tempcite/vol8/iss1/science/article1.cfm
  

Presentations:

• Jason Hinkle and Jacqueline McLaughlin. "Use of an Improved Isolated Chicken Embryonic Heart In Vitro System to Study Vertebrate Heart Development and Physiology." National Science Teachers Association (NSTA) Annual Conference/Society of College Science Teachers Conference (SCST), New Orleans, Louisiana, March 18-22, 2009.
  
  
• Hinkle, Jason C. and Jacqueline S. McLaughlin. "Use of an Improved Isolated Chicken Embryonic Heart In Vitro System to Study Vertebrate Heart Development and Physiology." Society for Developmental Biology 67th Annual Meeting, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, July 26-30, 2008.
  
  
• Seaquist, Stephen and Jacqueline S. McLaughlin. "Using a Virtual Tissue Culture System to Assist Students in Understanding Life at the Cellular Level." National Science Teachers Association Annual Conference/Society of College Science Teachers Conference, Boston, Massachusetts, March 27 - 30, 2008.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S. and Tracy Dreher. "Use Customized Multimedia-Learning Tools Based on Real-Life Research Data to Teach Science Concepts." National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Annual Conference, Atlanta, Georgia, November 28 - December 2, 2007.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S. and Daniel A. Arbeider "A Technology-Enriched Learning Object to Enhance Student Learning of Core Biological Concepts and Real World Environmental Issues." Smith Undergraduate Science Research Symposium, Pennsylvania State University, York Campus, October 21, 2006.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S., Timothy R. Dugan, Jeffrey Stine and Daniel A. Arbeider "CHANCE Empowers Pennsylvania's Teachers to Return to Their Classrooms to Better Educate Our Youth." National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) K-12 Outreach Symposium, Albuquerque, New Mexico, October 10, 2006.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S., Rosemarie O'Neill and Andrea Ferraco "CHANCE - A Program That Promotes Learning for Teachers and Students Using Inquiry." National Association of Biology Teachers (NABT) Annual Conference, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October 5-9, 2005.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S., Sarah Kepner, Jennifer Polignone, Krista Pummer, Pamela Yerkes and Daniel Arbeider "Inquiry-Based Research Web-Modules': Students will go Bananas Over Them!" 6th Annual Undergraduate Research and Expression, Albright College, Reading, PA, April 16, 2005.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S., Bryan L. Krock and Brandon D. McCollum "Grab Your Suitcase! Students Explore World Ecosystems in a First-Year Seminar Experience." Undergraduate Research and Expression, Reading Area Community College, April 24, 2004.
  
  
• McLaughlin, Jacqueline S., Bryan L. Krock and Brandon D. McCollum "Grab Your Suitcase! Students Explore World Ecosystems in a First-Year Seminar Experience." Wings to the Future: Lifting Learners to Higher-Order Thinking, The Teaching and Learning Consortia, Penn State Harrisburg, April 17, 2004.

Student Research Showcased on Peer-Reviewed Web site:

• McLaughlin, J. S. and McCain, E. R. (1998). Developmental and physiological aspects of the chicken embryonic heart. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching, Volume 20 (C.A. Goldman, Editor). Proceedings of the 20th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE), 20: 85-100. [This publication has recently been peer-reviewed and is now showcased as multi-media learning material for the SDB BioScience Education Network and also appears as a nationally-recognized learning corpus of material on chicken heart development for the Education website of the Professional Development and Curriculum Committee of the Society of Developmental Biology (SDB) URL: www.sdbonline.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=27&It.]

Papers:

	Exogenously Added Verapamil on the 5-day Chicken Isolated Heart Increases Heart Rate and Induces Atrial Flutter by Foram Dave
	The Effects of Caffeine on the 4-Day Old Chicken Embryonic Heart Rate by Mazin T. Alber
	Determining the Effects of Alcohol on the 5-Day Chicken Embryo Heart Rate by Colin McKenna

Research Presentations:

	The Effect of Dobutamine on the 8-Day Old Chicken Embryonic Heart Rate by Amanda Lindsay and Fatema Kermalli
	Investigating the Effects of Varying Concentrations of Epinephrine on 6-Day Chicken Embryos by Daniel Devine, Rachele Cantrel, and Pandelee Mikroudis
	The Effects of Caffeine on the 4-Day Old Chicken Embryonic Heart Rate by Mazin T. Albert
	The Effects of Nicotine on the Heart Rate of the 5-Day In Vitro Chicken Embryo by Daniel Arbeider and Aaron Kaiser