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Direct linkMaynard H. Schaus; Victor R. Townsend Jr.; Shane Boyd; Deirdre Gonsalves-Jackson; Eric E. Johnson; Soraya M. Bartol; Marielle Postava-Davignon – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2024
In 2017, the Department of Biology at Virginia Wesleyan University modified its two-course introductory sequence in response to high DFW rates (>50% scoring a D, F, or withdrawing) in the first semester. The revised curriculum created a new third course and moved content that many students struggled with from the first semester to the third…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Science Education, Success
