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Direct linkCrystal Uminski; Sara M. Burbach; Brian A. Couch – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Scientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Biology, Science Education, Lecture Method
Anne M. Casper; Marianne M. Laporte – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been proposed as a mechanism to democratize access to the benefits of apprentice-style scientific research to a broader diversity of students, promoting inclusivity and increasing student success and retention. As we evaluate CUREs, it is essential to explore their effectiveness within…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Academic Achievement, Lecture Method, Minority Group Students
Gelinas, Katharine A.; Ovid, Dax; Amaya-Mejia, Wilmer; Ayala, Rafael; Baek, Hanna E.; Gasmin, Eric; Hissen, Karina; Johnson, Amanda; Kossa, Emily; Levesque, Lauren; Lutz, Kurt R.; Lyons, Amichai S.; Mata, Alan F.; Mitchell, Casey G.; Paggeot, Lisa; Pastor-Infantas, Maria José; Patel, Cheryl; Prestol-Casillas, Susan; Chen, Kevin Xu; Tanner, Kimberly D. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Instructor Talk--noncontent and nonlogistical language that is focused on shaping the classroom learning environment--is a recently defined variable that may play an important role in how undergraduates experience courses. Previous research characterized Instructor Talk used by faculty teaching in biology lecture classrooms. However, graduate…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Biology
McNeal, Karen S.; Zhong, Min; Soltis, Nick A.; Doukopoulos, Lindsay; Johnson, Elijah T.; Courtney, Stephanie; Alwan, Akilah; Porch, Mallory – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
This study measured student engagement in real time through the use of skin biosensors, specifically galvanic skin response (GSR), in a large undergraduate lecture classroom. The study was conducted during an intervention in an introductory-level biology course (N = 420) in which one section of the course was taught with active-learning approaches…
Descriptors: Measurement Equipment, Learner Engagement, Large Group Instruction, Science Instruction
Odom, Sara; Boso, Halle; Bowling, Scott; Brownell, Sara; Cotner, Sehoya; Creech, Catherine; Drake, Abby Grace; Eddy, Sarah; Fagbodun, Sheritta; Hebert, Sadie; James, Avis C.; Just, Jan; St. Juliana, Justin R.; Shuster, Michele; Thompson, Seth K.; Whittington, Richard; Wills, Bill D.; Wilson, Alan E.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Zhong, Min; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses. While we did not detect an overall gender gap in performance, heterogeneity analyses suggested further analysis was warranted, so we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, College Science
Grunspan, Daniel Z.; Kline, Michelle Ann; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
The benefits of student-centered active-learning approaches are well established, but this evidence has not directly translated into instructors adopting these evidence-based methods in higher education. To date, promoting and sustaining pedagogical change through different initiatives has proven difficult, but research on pedagogical change is…
Descriptors: College Instruction, Educational Change, Evolution, Culture
Fear of Negative Evaluation and Student Anxiety in Community College Active-Learning Science Courses
Downing, Virginia R.; Cooper, Katelyn M.; Cala, Jacqueline M.; Gin, Logan E.; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Student anxiety is a growing concern for colleges and universities. As science classrooms transition from traditional lecture to active learning, researchers have sought to understand how active learning affects undergraduate anxiety. However, although community colleges educate nearly half of all undergraduates, no studies have explored the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Anxiety, Lecture Method
Choe, Ronny C.; Scuric, Zorica; Eshkol, Ethan; Cruser, Sean; Arndt, Ava; Cox, Robert; Toma, Shannon P.; Shapiro, Casey; Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc; Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc; Barnes, Greg; Crosbie, Rachelle H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Our study identified online lecture video styles that improved student engagement and satisfaction, while maintaining high learning outcomes in online education. We presented different lecture video styles with standardized material to students and then measured learning outcomes and satisfaction with a survey and summative assessment. We created…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses
Bauer, Angela C.; Coffield, Vernon M.; Crater, Dinene; Lyda, Todd; Segarra, Verónica A.; Suh, Kevin; Vigueira, Cynthia C.; Vigueira, Patrick A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Recent studies demonstrate that significant learning gains can be achieved when instructors take intentional steps to address the affective components of learning. While such efforts enhance the outcomes of all students, they are particularly beneficial for students from underrepresented groups and can reduce performance gaps. In the present…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, Biology, Science Instruction
Meaders, Clara L.; Toth, Emma S.; Lane, A. Kelly; Shuman, J. Kenny; Couch, Brian A.; Stains, Marilyne; Stetzer, MacKenzie R.; Vinson, Erin; Smith, Michelle K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
The instructional practices used in introductory college courses often differ dramatically from those used in high school courses, and dissatisfaction with these practices is cited by students as a prominent reason for leaving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. To better characterize the transition to college course…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Educational Practices
Bouwma-Gearhart, Jana L.; Ivanovitch, John D.; Aster, Ellen M.; Bouwma, Andrew M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
This paper attends to challenges for postsecondary science education improvement initiatives, notably understanding and responding to the realities guiding educators' teaching practices. We explored 16 postsecondary biology educators' instructional planning, providing novel insights into why educators select certain strategies over others,…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Teachers, Postsecondary Education, Faculty Development
Barral, Ana Maria; Ardi-Pastores, Veronica C.; Simmons, Rachel E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
A flipped-classroom environment generally strives to create more in-class time for activities that enhance student learning, while shifting some content delivery to outside the classroom through the use of short didactic videos. We compared a flipped-classroom setting with the traditional ("control") setting for an accelerated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Homework, Teaching Methods, Biology
Sato, Brian K.; Lee, Amanda K.; Alam, Usman; Dang, Jennifer V.; Dacanay, Samantha J.; Morgado, Pedro; Pirino, Giorgia; Brunner, Jo Ellen; Castillo, Leanne A.; Chan, Valerie W.; Sandholtz, Judith H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Despite the ubiquity of prerequisites in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula, there has been minimal effort to assess their value in a data-driven manner. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, we examined the impact of prerequisites in the context of a microbiology lecture and lab course pairing.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Prerequisites, Required Courses, Microbiology
Marbach-Ad, Gili; Rietschel, Carly Hunt – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
In this study, we used a case study approach to obtain an in-depth understanding of the change process of two university instructors who were involved with redesigning a biology course. Given the hesitancy of many biology instructors to adopt evidence-based, learner-centered teaching methods, there is a critical need to understand how biology…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Biology, Teaching Methods
Stoltzfus, Jon R.; Libarkin, Julie – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
SCALE-UP-type classrooms, originating with the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies project, are designed to facilitate active learning by maximizing opportunities for interactions between students and embedding technology in the classroom. Positive impacts when active learning replaces lecture are well…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Lecture Method, Classrooms, Student Centered Learning
