Publication Date
| In 2025 | 0 |
| Since 2024 | 1 |
| Since 2021 (last 5 years) | 10 |
| Since 2016 (last 10 years) | 28 |
| Since 2006 (last 20 years) | 46 |
Descriptor
| Biology | 52 |
| Lecture Method | 52 |
| Undergraduate Students | 52 |
| Science Instruction | 25 |
| Introductory Courses | 21 |
| Active Learning | 20 |
| Teaching Methods | 18 |
| Student Attitudes | 17 |
| College Science | 15 |
| Instructional Effectiveness | 10 |
| Foreign Countries | 9 |
| More ▼ | |
Source
Author
| Shuster, Michele | 2 |
| Zhong, Min | 2 |
| Aguilar-Roca, Nancy M. | 1 |
| Alex T. St. Louis | 1 |
| Alkhatib, Sarah | 1 |
| Alwan, Akilah | 1 |
| Amaya-Mejia, Wilmer | 1 |
| Armbruster, Peter | 1 |
| Aster, Ellen M. | 1 |
| Ayala, Rafael | 1 |
| Azzawi, May | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Publication Type
| Journal Articles | 49 |
| Reports - Research | 37 |
| Reports - Descriptive | 8 |
| Reports - Evaluative | 5 |
| Dissertations/Theses -… | 2 |
| Tests/Questionnaires | 2 |
| Information Analyses | 1 |
| Speeches/Meeting Papers | 1 |
Education Level
| Higher Education | 47 |
| Postsecondary Education | 28 |
Audience
| Teachers | 5 |
| Administrators | 2 |
| Practitioners | 2 |
Location
| United States | 3 |
| Canada | 2 |
| South Africa | 2 |
| Washington | 2 |
| California | 1 |
| Ecuador | 1 |
| Florida | 1 |
| Illinois | 1 |
| Indonesia | 1 |
| Iowa | 1 |
| Michigan | 1 |
| More ▼ | |
Laws, Policies, & Programs
Assessments and Surveys
What Works Clearinghouse Rating
Peer reviewed
Direct linkPengfei Li; Boya Zhang; Shuaifei He; Yuqing Lu; Wenli Jiang; Qingsong Zhong; Shu Quan; Haizhen Wu; Mian Zhou – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
Both lecture and laboratory courses of biochemistry are important professional courses for undergraduates with biology related majors. Course optimization and update is crucial but challenging, especially for the laboratory course. Although taught separately, here we showed a strategy to bridge the two courses and promote the improvement of both.…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Education, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories
Dray, Kate E.; Dreyer, Kathleen S.; Lucks, Julius B.; Leonard, Joshua N. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2023
We present an educational unit to teach computational modeling, a vital part of chemical engineering curricula, through the lens of synthetic biology. Lectures, code, and homework questions provide conceptual and practical introductions to each computational method involved in the model development process, along with perspectives on how methods…
Descriptors: Engineering Education, Chemical Engineering, Teaching Methods, Units of Study
Comparing Undergraduate Nature of Science Views in Traditional versus Inquiry-Taught Science Courses
Alex T. St. Louis; Hayat Hokayem – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
This qualitative study compares the views about nature of science (NOS) between students enrolled in a traditional lecture and laboratory course and students in an inquiry-based class to the view of the scientists who taught the course. We administered the Views of Nature of Science Form C (VNOS-C) to identify students' views after partaking in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories
Beheshtian, Cheyenne; Garcia, Vanessa Elena; Zhu-Hui Ng, Tiffany; Alkhatib, Sarah; Quang, Erica; Cho, Kira Jinju; Nguyen, Timothy Duy; Le, Dustin Nguyen; Kadandale, Pavan – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2023
A large body of literature has established the benefits of undergraduate research experiences via the traditional apprenticeship model. More recently, several studies have shown that many of these benefits can be recapitulated in course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) that are more scalable and easier for students to participate…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Research Training, Laboratory Experiments
Lewohl, Joanne M. – International Journal of Educational Technology in Higher Education, 2023
The current cohort of undergraduate students is often said to value technology and is assumed to prefer immersive, interactive, and personalized learning experiences. In contrast, many educators recognise the value of face-to-face classes and believe that attending class positively impacts student performance. A novel teaching strategy, including…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, In Person Learning, Lecture Method, Workshops
Download full textWaluyo, Lud; Rahardjanto, Abdulkadir – Journal of Biological Education Indonesia (Jurnal Pendidikan Biologi Indonesia), 2022
Students' understanding of the concepts that underlie evolution are often less than optimal and make it difficult for them to accept the theory of evolution. The aimed of this study were to: 1) map students' knowledge of Mutation and Recombination (M and R); and 2) analyze the effect of gender on their chairperson. This survey research involving…
Descriptors: Evolution, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation, Gender Differences
Moore, Virginia J.; Prewitt, Elizabeth Mitchell; Carpenter-McCullough, Amber Jean; Whitworth, Brooke A. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2020
With an overwhelming amount of research and a demand for collaborative learning in the classroom, teachers are tackling challenges at all educational levels that often accompany the social aspects of group work. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is an instructional sequence that shifts instruction from teacher lecture to small-group learning. Through the…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Science Instruction, Student Attitudes, Undergraduate Students
Kearney, Miranda A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for educators. In Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), where students learn about the scientific process by working on novel research, few resources for remote learning were available. Here the impact of changes to course delivery format on student learning gains in a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Introductory Courses, Biology
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
Murtonen, M.; Nokkala, C; Södervik, I. – Journal of Biological Education, 2020
In this study, firstly, university biology students' conceptual understanding and potential misconceptions concerning meiosis were studied. Secondly, an easily applicable drawing task was used to foster students' metaconceptual awareness which would help them to reach conceptual change. A quasi-experimental design with a non-equivalent control…
Descriptors: College Science, Biology, Scientific Concepts, Concept Formation
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
Moorleghen, Dylan M.; Oli, Naresh; Crowe, Alison J.; Liepkalns, Justine S.; Self, Casey J.; Doherty, Jennifer H. – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2019
Cell phones have long been known as a potential distraction from attention intensive activities such as studying and driving. Many, however, are developing the cell phone as a powerful tool to augment some of these same activities. Audience response systems (ARSs) are a type of teaching tool that allows educators to poll audience members in real…
Descriptors: Handheld Devices, Telecommunications, Audience Response Systems, Student Behavior
Casper, Anne Marie A.; Woodbury, Jacob M.; Davis, William B.; Offerdahl, Erika G. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2019
Recent studies have shown that sorting tasks are a useful tool both for measuring and aiding student learning as well as facilitating the transfer of knowledge to novel contexts. These tasks require students to categorize scenarios or information in new ways that facilitate connection making and deeper understanding. As such, sorting tasks…
Descriptors: STEM Education, Academic Achievement, Learning Activities, Active Learning
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
Santangelo, Jessica; Cadieux, Marissa; Zapata, Samantha – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2021
The mismatch between high school and college learning environments creates a barrier to student success in STEM majors in college. The high school learning environment relies on surface learning in which skills such as re-reading and memorizing are sufficient for academic success. The college learning environment, particularly in STEM disciplines,…
Descriptors: Metacognition, Active Learning, Undergraduate Students, College Science
