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Download full textNomme, Kathy; Birol, Gülnur – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
A first year non-majors biology course, with an enrollment of around 440 students, has been redesigned from a course of traditional content and teaching style to one that emphasizes biological concepts in current global issues and incorporates active learning strategies. We were informed by the education literature incorporating many aspects of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Evidence, Curriculum Development, Biology
Bell, Justine C. – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2014
To test the claim that digital learning tools enhance the acquisition of visual literacy in this generation of biology students, a learning intervention was carried out with 33 students enrolled in an introductory college biology course. This study compared learning outcomes following two types of learning tools: a traditional drawing activity, or…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, College Students, Biology, College Science
Direct linkGoff, Lori – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2011
A peer-mentoring program was developed for students in an introductory biology course at a university in Ontario, Canada. Students could attend up to five peer-mentoring sessions during their first semester. Quantitative-survey, participation, and academic data spanning from 2003 through 2007 were reviewed for the purpose of evaluating the…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Biology, Foreign Countries, Mentors
