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Evans, Dilan P.; Jenkins, Lekelia D.; Crowther, Gregory J. – Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, 2023
A main goal of academic courses is to help students acquire knowledge and skills that they can transfer to multiple contexts. In this article, we (i) examine students' responses to test question templates (TQTs), a framework intended to facilitate transfer, and (ii) determine whether similar transfer-promoting strategies are commonly embedded in…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Microbiology, Science Instruction, Science Tests
Lenning, Elizabeth; Rudge, David – American Biology Teacher, 2023
The discovery of and research into penicillin resistance by Sir Edward Abraham and Sir Ernst Chain can be used to teach the concept of natural selection and also multiple nature of science (NOS) objectives associated with Next Generation Science Standards, such as "scientific knowledge is based on empirical evidence" and "science is…
Descriptors: Drug Therapy, Microbiology, Biology, Science Instruction
Crowther, Gregory J.; Wiggins, Benjamin L.; Jenkins, Lekelia D. – HAPS Educator, 2020
Many undergraduate biology instructors incorporate active learning exercises into their lessons while continuing to assess students with traditional exams. To better align practice and exams, we present an approach to question-asking that emphasizes templates instead of specific questions. Students and instructors can use these Test Question…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Active Learning, Biology, Undergraduate Students
Michelle, Richards-Babb; Curtis, Reagan; Ratcliff, Betsy; Roy, Abhik; Mikalik, Taylor – Journal of Chemical Education, 2018
We investigated whether use of an adaptive-responsive online homework system (OHS) that tailors homework to students' prior knowledge and periodically reassesses students to promote learning through practice retrieval has inherent advantages over traditional-responsive online homework. A quasi-experimental cohort control post-test-only design with…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Chemistry, Electronic Learning
Berryhill, Katie J.; Slater, Timothy F. – Journal of Astronomy & Earth Sciences Education, 2017
As discipline-based astronomy education researchers become more interested in experimentally testing innovative teaching strategies to enhance learning in undergraduate introductory astronomy survey courses ("ASTRO 101"), scholars are placing increased attention toward better understanding factors impacting student gain scores on the…
Descriptors: Astronomy, Science Tests, Scores, Science Instruction
Murphy, Collette; Kerr, Karen – Primary Science, 2011
In September 2010 the Wellcome Trust published a detailed report which, for the first time, gave an in-depth analysis of the learning experiences of children in England and Wales as they prepare for science assessment at the end of their primary education (key stage 2), and the children's ideas about how the experience might be improved. The…
Descriptors: Science Tests, Foreign Countries, Teaching Methods, Elementary School Science
McConell, David A.; Chapman, LeeAnna; Czaijka, C. Douglas; Jones, Jason P.; Ryker, Katherine D.; Wiggen, Jennifer – Journal of Geoscience Education, 2017
The adoption of active learning instructional practices in college science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses has been shown to result in improvements in student learning, contribute to increased retention rates, and reduce the achievement gap among different student populations. Descriptions of active learning strategies…
Descriptors: Instructional Effectiveness, Active Learning, Learning Strategies, STEM Education
Humphrey, Patricia – Teaching Statistics: An International Journal for Teachers, 2012
An in-class activity is described that can be used not only to motivate hypothesis testing, but also to understand and compute the p-value and power in a statistical test. (Contains 3 figures.)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Class Activities, Science Course Improvement Projects, Statistical Studies
Milner-Bolotin, Marina; Moll, Rachel – Physics Teacher, 2008
In the past few decades, the physics teaching community has witnessed a surge in creative and often effective ways of using technology to improve physics instruction. Most of these findings suggest how technology can help instructors create interactive learning environments and how interactivity influences the effectiveness of physics learning.…
Descriptors: Physics, Foreign Countries, Science Teachers, Teaching Methods
Schroeder, Jacob D.; Greenbowe, Thomas J. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2008
This study investigated the possible connection between effective laboratory activities and student performance on lecture exams. In a traditional undergraduate organic chemistry course for non-science majors, students could predict the products of organic reactions, but struggled to provide reaction mechanisms for those same reactions, despite…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Student Attitudes, Heuristics, Organic Chemistry
Liu, Xiufeng – SAGE Publications (CA), 2010
Presenting both traditional and innovative assessment methods integral to science teaching and learning, this book shows teachers the connection between effective science assessment and improved student learning. The text uses a competence-based approach consistent with the National Science Education Standards to help teachers master assessment…
Descriptors: Student Evaluation, Science Achievement, Standardized Tests, Science Tests
Willmott, Chris – Bioscience Education e-Journal, 2007
In recent years academics have commonly bemoaned the lack of essay-writing ability exhibited by their students. Whether or not the halcyon era in which undergraduates routinely knew how to construct a persuasive essay ever truly existed, it is certainly the case that contemporary students can benefit from advice on preparation of a long-format…
Descriptors: Feedback (Response), Essays, Student Evaluation, Teaching Methods
Cook, Michelle; Carter, Glenda; Wiebe, Eric N. – International Journal of Science Education, 2008
The purpose of this study was to examine how prior knowledge of cellular transport influenced how high school students in the USA viewed and interpreted graphic representations of this topic. The participants were Advanced Placement Biology students (n = 65); each participant had previously taken a biology course in high school. After assessing…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Advanced Placement, Prior Learning, Biology

Lock, Roger – Research in Science and Technological Education, 1989
Reported is a study of the relationships between the component skills involved in practical work assessment. Skills assessed included observing, manipulating, planning, interpreting, reporting, and self-reliance. The literature relating to inter-skill relationships is reviewed. (CW)
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Evaluation Criteria, Evaluation Methods, Intermode Differences

Stensvold, Mark S.; Wilson, John T. – School Science and Mathematics, 1993
Proposes methods by which laboratory practical exams may be structured to assess outcomes from laboratory instruction. Presents eight general considerations for writing and using practical exams. Describes four example laboratory exams involving a box camera, circuit boxes, floating objects, and light. (MDH)
Descriptors: Evaluation Methods, High Schools, Higher Education, Knowledge Level