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Recent Advanced Interdisciplinary Research Laboratory (AIRLab) course refinements—by way of the introduction of weekly reflection reports, a new digital project management platform, a revised course marking scheme with…
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Research and Teaching: Correcting Missed Exam Questions as a Learning Tool in a Physiology Course
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Students in a junior- and senior-level Anatomy and Physiology course have the opportunity to correct missed exam questions (“regrade”) and earn up to half of the original points missed. The three objectives of this…
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Research and Teaching: Writing to Learn in the Natural Sciences: Does Source Material Matter?
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For over 4 decades, educational researchers have been studying best practices for introducing writing into the curriculum. One successful strategy, a low-stakes writing exercise called “writing to learn” (WTL), has been…
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The authors use large-scale survey data to explore the nature, extent, and determinants of student resistance to scientific conclusions about evolution, anthropogenic climate change, and the importance of vaccination.