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This column shares how teachers use technology for assessment, student learning, or classroom management. This month's column describes an activity for eighth-grade classrooms that addresses energy transformation and…
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This study investigates how summative assessments could be used to reduce the achievement gap among at-risk groups of students in an introductory biology course.
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This column focuses on promoting learning through assessment. This issue discusses learning station probes.
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From Mendel to Me: Constructing Genetics Knowledge Through Historical Problem-Based Learning
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Teach traits and heredity with a lesson that focuses on the life of the the father of genetics.
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A Hands-On Activity to Build Mastery of Intermolecular Forces and Its Impacts on Student Learning
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The intermolecular forces activity presented in this article is designed to foster concept-building through students’ use of concrete, manipulative objects, and it was developed to be pedagogically sound. Data analysis…
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Feet Wet, Hands Dirty: Engaging Students in Science Teaching and Learning With Stream Investigations
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Stream investigation and restoration projects offer unique experiential opportunities to engage students in outdoor learning experiences that are relevant to the communities in which they live. These experiences promote…
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Three college faculty taught large general biology classes using case studies and personal response systems (clickers). Each instructor taught the same eight cases in two different sections, except the questions within…
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Inquiry-based instruction is widely promoted to increase both students’ conceptual understanding and their engagement in course content. What this means for day-to-day practices in the classroom is more elusive.…
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Do Open-Book Exams Impede Long-Term Learning in Introductory Biology Courses?
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Students in an introductory biology course who were given open-book exams during the semester earned significantly higher grades on these exams, but significantly lower grades on the closed-book final exam, than…