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Colosi, Joseph C.; Zales, Charlotte Rappe – Bioscience, 1998
Describes how a jigsaw cooperative learning structure divides lab work in a constructive, efficient way and provides a mechanism for sharing information. Pre-lab lectures are replaced with focused student discussions about the lab exercises. Students become more involved with the lab exercises, take responsibility for their own learning, and are…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Experiential Learning, Higher Education, Laboratory Experiments

Sundberg, Marshall – Bioscience, 1991
Reviews the work of the Commission on Undergraduate Education in the Biological Sciences (CUEBS) from 1964 to 1972. Suggests that now is the appropriate time to reassess their efforts, to build on their successes, and to use their experience to attack some of the continuing problems facing biology education. (21 references) (KR)
Descriptors: Biology, Curriculum Development, Educational Change, Evaluation