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Do Open-Book Exams Impede Long-Term Learning in Introductory Biology Courses?

Students in an introductory biology course who were given open-book exams during the semester earned significantly higher grades on these exams, but s...

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Point of View: R.E.S.P.E.C.T.—A Teaching Primer

Respect is the key to successful teaching because it unlocks barriers to student learning. Treating students with respect opens their minds, thereby ...

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How Does Student Performance on Formative Assessments Relate to Learning Assessed by Exams?

A retrospective analysis examines the relationships between formative assessments and exam grades in two undergraduate geoscience courses. Pair and gr...

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Biosocial Problems in Contemporary America: A Course on the Use and Misuse of Scientific Knowledge

This writing-intensive seminar for biology majors deals with the social and political implications of biological explanations for social phenomena. Th...

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The Case Study: I'm Looking Over a White Striped Clover: A Case of Natural Selection

The case presented in this article is an exploration of the process of natural selection using white clover (Trifolium repens) as an example. In gener...