Breaking Down Barriers: A Bridge Program Helps First-Year Biology Students Connect With Faculty

Journal Article | February 2018

Summer bridge programs aim to build social connections for first-year students to ease their transition into college, yet few studies have reported on bridge programs successfully leading to these outcomes. The authors…

Research and Teaching: Infusion of Quantitative and Statistical Concepts Into Biology Courses Does Not Improve Quantitative Literacy

Journal Article | April 2018

Multiple national reports have pushed for the integration of quantitative concepts into the context of disciplinary science courses. The aim of this study was to evaluate the quantitative and statistical literacy of…

Research and Teaching: Yes I Can: The Contributions of Motivation and Attitudes on Course Performance Among Biology Nonmajors

Journal Article | June 2011

This article discusses instruments given to undergraduate students enrolled in an introductory biology course for nonmajors. These instruments assessed attitudes toward biology and mathematics and various motivational…

The Impact of Active-Learning Exercises on the Grade Distribution in a Large-Lecture, General Education Biology Course

Journal Article | April 2015

To make our general education biology course for nonmajors more relevant and engaging, we recently implemented an instructional approach featuring collaborative, active-learning exercises. The primary point of interest…

Using a Classroom Response System for Real-Time Data Display and Analysis in Introductory Biology Labs

Journal Article | October 2010

Clickers were used for real-time data collection in two introductory biology laboratory courses so that students could perform statistical analysis on large data sets. Student attitudes toward this use of clickers were…