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By Jill Nugent

Middle School Biology Citizen Science Earth & Space Science Instructional Materials

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A Process for Scaling an Independent Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience: Lessons Learned from Expansion of the Tigriopus CURE to Diverse Institutions

Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) increase student engagement in scientific practices and allow students to generate novel findi...

By Ginger R. Fisher, Kevin W. Floyd, and Jeffrey T. Olimpo

Postsecondary Biology Preservice Science Education STEM

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Sensing in Animals and Robots: Collaborative, Transdisciplinary Learning in an Undergraduate Science Course

Transdisciplinary learning—where students develop and apply knowledge from multiple disciplines to solve open-ended problems—is necessary to prepa...

By Anna DeJarnette, Stephanie Rollmann, Dieter Vanderelst, John Layne, Anna Hutchinson

Postsecondary Biology Engineering Interdisciplinary Robotics STEM Technology

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Scaling Up: Lessons for Persuading Science Faculty to Adopt an Evidence-Based Intervention

The science education community is deeply vested in growing the next generation of scientists. One way to do this is through evidence-based intervent...

By Jessi Smith, Dustin Thoman

Biology Curriculum Pedagogy Professional Learning Teacher Preparation

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Equitable instructor assessment changes amid COVID-19 pandemic

The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak mandated a rapid transition to online classes with little warning. Previous literature studying the effect of this...

By Todd Lamb, Emily Driessen, Abby Beatty, Rachel Youngblood, Abby Esco, Sehoya Cotner, Catherine Creech, Abby Drake, Sheritta Fagbodun, Kristen Hobbs, Kelly Lane, Erin Larson, Sophie McCoy, Seth Thompson, Cissy Ballen

Postsecondary Assessment Biology Equity Teacher Preparation Teaching Strategies

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Development of a Problem Based Learning (PBL) Course at a Health Professions University – “Interdisciplinary Perspectives of an Infectious Disease - Malaria”

Faculty at Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences (MCPHS University) recognized the potential benefits for collaborative teaching and l...

By Nalini Broadbelt, Nevila Jana, Katrina Van Dellen, Michelle Young, Kristen Petersen

Biology Curriculum Interdisciplinary Teaching Strategies

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Effective learning through a remote lab kit in an undergraduate invertebrate biology course

Active learning provides students with meaningful and introspective roles in education. However, it’s difficult to achieve in online class settings,...

By Daniel Zarate, Kathleen Sheahan, Jingchun Li

Biology Distance Learning General Science Labs Pedagogy

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It’s About Time: Exploring the dose-dependent effects of active learning on students of different social personalities in an upper-level biology course.

Active learning is the new standard for teaching in higher education. As more faculty seek to expand their teaching practices by including active lear...

By William Beckerson, Jennifer Anderson, Siddhesh Kulkarni, John Perpich, Deborah Yoder-Himes

Postsecondary Biology Equity Pedagogy Professional Learning

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Co-Development of a Museum-Based Scientist-Teacher Partnership

Scientist-led K-12 outreach offers many benefits to scientists, teachers, and students. However, according to recent research, many of these programs ...

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