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Limeri, Lisa B.; Choe, Jun; Harper, Hannah G.; Martin, Hannah R.; Benton, Annaleigh; Dolan, Erin L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Whether students view intelligence as a fixed or malleable trait (i.e., their "mindset") has significant implications for their responses to failure and academic outcomes. Despite a long history of research on mindset and its growing popularity, recent meta-analyses suggest that mindset does a poor job of predicting academic outcomes for…
Descriptors: Intelligence, Undergraduate Students, Personality Traits, Academic Aptitude
Cleveland, Lacy M.; Olimpo, Jeffrey T.; DeChenne-Peters, Sue Ellen – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
In response to calls for reform in undergraduate biology education, we conducted research examining how varying active-learning strategies impacted students' conceptual understanding, attitudes, and motivation in two sections of a large-lecture introductory cell and molecular biology course. Using a quasi-experimental design, we collected…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Active Learning, Undergraduate Study
Soneral, Paula A. G.; Wyse, Sara A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Student-centered learning environments with upside-down pedagogies (SCALE-UP) are widely implemented at institutions across the country, and learning gains from these classrooms have been well documented. This study investigates the specific design feature(s) of the SCALE-UP classroom most conducive to teaching and learning. Using pilot survey…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Achievement Gains, Student Centered Learning, Comparative Analysis
Sato, Brian K.; Lee, Amanda K.; Alam, Usman; Dang, Jennifer V.; Dacanay, Samantha J.; Morgado, Pedro; Pirino, Giorgia; Brunner, Jo Ellen; Castillo, Leanne A.; Chan, Valerie W.; Sandholtz, Judith H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Despite the ubiquity of prerequisites in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula, there has been minimal effort to assess their value in a data-driven manner. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, we examined the impact of prerequisites in the context of a microbiology lecture and lab course pairing.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Prerequisites, Required Courses, Microbiology
Cooper, Katelyn M.; Ashley, Michael; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
National calls to improve student academic success in college have sparked the development of bridge programs designed to help students transition from high school to college. We designed a 2-week Summer Bridge program that taught introductory biology content in an active-learning way. Through a set of exploratory interviews, we unexpectedly…
Descriptors: Active Learning, College Bound Students, High School Graduates, High School Seniors
Stoltzfus, Jon R.; Libarkin, Julie – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
SCALE-UP-type classrooms, originating with the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies project, are designed to facilitate active learning by maximizing opportunities for interactions between students and embedding technology in the classroom. Positive impacts when active learning replaces lecture are well…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Lecture Method, Classrooms, Student Centered Learning
Rowland, Susan; Pedwell, Rhianna; Lawrie, Gwen; Lovie-Toon, Joseph; Hung, Yu – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
The recent push for more authentic teaching and learning in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics indicates a shared agreement that undergraduates require greater exposure to professional practices. There is considerable variation, however, in how "authentic" science education is defined. In this paper we present our…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Foreign Countries, College Science
Gutierrez, Arnel F. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
The complex concepts and vocabulary of biology classes discourage many students. In this study, a pretest-posttest model was used to test the effectiveness of an educational card game in reinforcing biological concepts in comparison with traditional teaching methods. The subjects of this study were two biology classes at Bulacan State…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Educational Games, Biology, Science Instruction
Knight, Jennifer K.; Smith, Michelle K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
Introductory biology courses are frequently offered separately to biology majors and nonbiology majors, with the assumption that the two groups of students are different enough to merit different courses. To assess the evidence behind this assumption, we compared students in two different genetics classes at the University of Colorado-Boulder, one…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Majors (Students), Fundamental Concepts, Genetics
Perez, Kathryn E.; Strauss, Eric A.; Downey, Nicholas; Galbraith, Anne; Jeanne, Robert; Cooper, Scott – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2010
The use of personal response systems, or clickers, is increasingly common in college classrooms. Although clickers can increase student engagement and discussion, their benefits also can be overstated. A common practice is to ask the class a question, display the responses, allow the students to discuss the question, and then collect the responses…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Biology, Discussion (Teaching Technique), Peer Teaching