Primary literature is essential for scientific communication and is commonly utilized in undergraduate biology education. Despite this, there is often little time spent "training" our students how to critically analyze a paper. To address this, we introduced a primary literature module in multiple upper-division laboratory courses. In…

Objectives: To outline the prevalence and disparities of breakfast consumption among school-aged urban minority youth, causal pathways through which skipping breakfast adversely affects academic achievement, and proven or promising approaches for schools to increase breakfast consumption. Methods: Literature review. Results: On any given day a…

In "Making Connections--Teaching and the Human Brain," the authors outline a new learning theory based on current research in the neurosciences. This theory has been applied to several schools, including a Rio Linda, CA, elementary school serving economically disadvantaged children. Schools as apprentice communities allow children to…