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Direct linkPeters, Brenda J.; Blair, Amy C. – American Biology Teacher, 2013
Many biology educators at the undergraduate level are revamping their laboratory curricula to incorporate inquiry-based research experiences so that students can directly participate in the process of science and improve their scientific reasoning skills. Slugs are an ideal organism for use in such a student-directed, hypothesis-driven experience.…
Descriptors: Biology, Laboratory Experiments, Laboratory Procedures, Active Learning
Blair, Amy C.; Peters, Brenda J.; Bendixen, Conrad W. – American Biology Teacher, 2014
The AAAS Vision and Change report (2011) recommends incorporating student research experiences into the biology curriculum at the undergraduate level. This article describes, in detail, how "Zea mays" (corn) cultivars were used as a model for a hypothesis-driven short-term research project in an introductory biology course at a small…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Majors (Students)
