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Showing 1 to 11 of 11 for “"undergraduate biology"”.
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Diagnosing undergraduate biology students' experimental design knowledge and difficulties
… design is an important component of undergraduate biology education as it generates knowledge of biology. This dissertation addresses the challenge undergraduate educators face for assessing knowledge of experimental design in biology by examining knowledge of, and difficulties with, …
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Comparing Effectiveness and Perceived Characteristics of Active Learning Methods in Undergraduate Biology Education
<p>Although many undergraduates begin college as STEM majors, attrition rates from the field are high and numerous reports suggest that evidence-based teaching methods are critical for retention. Despite educators' research and near consensus that active learning is more effective than lecture, …
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Investigative Learning in an Undergraduate Biology Laboratory: an Investigation into Reform in Science Education
… project-based curriculum in a freshman biology laboratory by focusing on how students developed their conceptual understanding of a biological species. A model for learning was posed based on learners working in small groups. This model linked a sociocultural approach to teaching and …
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PROCESSES FOR IDENTIFYING IMPORTANT CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY CONCEPTS AND REPRESENTATIONS AND THEIR QUALITATIVE ASSESSMENT IN UNDERGRADUATE BIOLOGY COURSES
Biology has become increasingly more interdisciplinary in nature. Therefore, the Association of American Medical Colleges-Howard Hughes Medical Institute, and the National Research Council have called for reform in biology curricula. In particular, the Vision and Change report emphasized the …
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Understanding, Evaluating, and Diagnosing Undergraduate Student Difficulties with Graph Choice and Construction
… and skills of quantitative literacy. With undergraduate biology students increasingly involved in scientific inquiry and experimentation, they are faced with the task of choosing and creating appropriate graphical representations of their data to communicate their findings. However, …
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MACH: A model for explaining molecular and cellular mechanisms
… complexity of molecular and cellular systems. In undergraduate biology courses, students are expected to explain molecular and cellular mechanisms, but teaching this skill presents many challenges due to the highly abstract, intangible nature of the cellular world, the influence of everyday …
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Peer Led Team Learning in Introductory Biology: Effects on Critical Thinking Skills
… Team Learning (PLTL) instructional model on undergraduate, biology peer leaders' critical thinking skills. This investigation also explored peer leaders' perceptions of their critical thinking skills. A quasi-experimental pre-test/post-test with control group design was used to determine …
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The Impact of the Design Process on Student Self-Efficacy and Content Knowledge
… self-efficacy and content knowledge gains in an undergraduate anatomy and physiology laboratory. Over fifty students participated in a design task that paralleled the topic being studied in a given semester and were given efficacy surveys along with lab practicums. Qualitative efficacy data, …
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Differences In Academic Performance And Self-regulated Learning Based On Level Of Student Participation In Supplemental Instruction
… Instruction (SI) sessions in two introductory undergraduate biology and chemistry courses offered at University of Central Florida in the Spring 2006 semester. The sample consisted of 282 students enrolled in the biology class and 451 students enrolled in chemistry. Academic performance was …
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Roles for Chd7 in Zebrafish Development with Implications for Human Disease
… different methods of using zebrafish in the undergraduate laboratory classroom. First, we described the use of WISH in the classroom to help students form connections between molecular and organismal biology and then described the use of two model organisms, zebrafish and <em>C. elegans</em>, …
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Decomposition and Production of Dissolved Organic Matter by Aquatic Bacteria
… the instruc-tional methods used for teaching undergraduate biology courses. We now know that active learning approaches to teaching science lead to better science outcomes for students. Fur-thermore, engaging undergraduate science students in undergraduate research experiences has been shown …