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Development of a Laboratory Course in Nonmajors General Biology for Distance Education
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For distance-education students, the requirement for a laboratory course can present a significant hurdle to completing degree requirements. To better serve these nontraditional students, the authors developed a…
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McLean v. Arkansas (1982) and Beyond: Implications for Biology Professors
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To assess current trends of evolution instruction in high schools of the mid-South, the authors had Arkansas high school biology teachers and students enrolled in a freshman-level nonmajors biology course at a midsize…
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A Comparison of Two Forms of Assessment in an Introductory Biology Laboratory Course
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Because of enrollment increases, many institutions have advocated the replacement of free-response exams with forced-choice exams as a time-saving strategy. The study in this article evaluated the replacement of free-…
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Merging Science and Society: An Issues-Based Approach to Nonmajors Biology
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The effectiveness of an issues-based approach to nonmajors biology was investigated. The integration of online critical-thinking exercises and in-class discussions of science-related issues did not improve exam scores.…
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Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations (e-Book)
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Climate Change From Pole to Pole: Biology Investigations offers timely, relevant, biology-based case studies and background information on how to teach the science of climate change. The six painstakingly researched and…
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Do College Introductory Biology Courses Increase Student Ecological Literacy?
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The research described in this article used a pre-/postsurvey design to assess first-year science majors' attitudes and perceptions of the environment and their ecological knowledge.
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Research and Teaching: Student Learning in a Project-Based Molecular Biology Course
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Inquiry-based learning was used to enhance an undergraduate molecular biology course. The goal was to use a long-term, in-class project in a studio class setting to enable students to acquire the knowledge and…
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