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A COVID-19 Test Kit-Inspired 5E Online Courseware on Buffer Chemistry Designed on "Articulate Rise" and "ChemCollective" Virtual Laboratory
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Poh Nguk Lau; Siti Nur Aishah Binte Mohammad; Khee Nguen Low; Yek Tann Chua – Journal of Chemical Education, 2024
Guided by the 5E framework (Engage, Explore, Explain, Elaborate, Evaluate), a buffer solution courseware was designed using "Articulate Rise," a content authoring tool. It was deployed in a freshman general chemistry course in the April semesters of 2022 and 2023. The courseware was a supplementary resource to support instructor-created…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Chemistry, COVID-19, Science Laboratories
Bridging the Biochemistry Lecture and Laboratory Courses: Construction and Application of the "Innovative Experimental Design" Module
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Pengfei Li; Boya Zhang; Shuaifei He; Yuqing Lu; Wenli Jiang; Qingsong Zhong; Shu Quan; Haizhen Wu; Mian Zhou – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2024
Both lecture and laboratory courses of biochemistry are important professional courses for undergraduates with biology related majors. Course optimization and update is crucial but challenging, especially for the laboratory course. Although taught separately, here we showed a strategy to bridge the two courses and promote the improvement of both.…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Education, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories
The Role of Gender in Physics Peer Recognition
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Meagan Sundstrom – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The under-representation of women in undergraduate science courses is well-documented. One significant challenge is that women may both perceive and receive less recognition from their science peers about their abilities as scientists than men. Here we investigate the presence and nature of such gender biases in peer recognition in the discipline…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Science Education, Disproportionate Representation, Gender Bias
Histology as a Paradigm for a Science-Based Learning Experience: Visits by Histology Education Spirits of Past, Present, and Future
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Hortsch, Michael – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2023
The term "histology" was coined a little over 200 years ago and the subject has always relied on microscopy as its defining technology. Microscopy was and still is an essential approach for the description of cellular components and their arrangements in living organisms. For more than a century and a half, histology or microanatomy has…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Cytology, Educational History, Laboratory Equipment
Integrated Lab-Lecture in Introductory Biology Preferred by Non-STEM Majors, but Leads to Similar Learning Outcomes
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Jessica Merricks; Dave Gammon; Kathy Gallucci – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2025
Traditional lab courses separate lectures from lab work, whereas integrated lab-lecture courses (also known as studio courses) combine both in a single session under one instructor. Previous studies suggest that integrated lab-lecture courses may have the potential to enhance the learning experience for introductory-level students. In this…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Biology, Nonmajors, Integrated Activities
Comparing Undergraduate Nature of Science Views in Traditional versus Inquiry-Taught Science Courses
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Alex T. St. Louis; Hayat Hokayem – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2023
This qualitative study compares the views about nature of science (NOS) between students enrolled in a traditional lecture and laboratory course and students in an inquiry-based class to the view of the scientists who taught the course. We administered the Views of Nature of Science Form C (VNOS-C) to identify students' views after partaking in…
Descriptors: Scientific Principles, Student Attitudes, Lecture Method, Science Laboratories
A CURE Lab in Introductory Biology at a Regional Comprehensive University Negatively Impacts Student Success in the Associated Lecture Course among Students from Groups Underrepresented in Science
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Anne M. Casper; Marianne M. Laporte – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been proposed as a mechanism to democratize access to the benefits of apprentice-style scientific research to a broader diversity of students, promoting inclusivity and increasing student success and retention. As we evaluate CUREs, it is essential to explore their effectiveness within…
Descriptors: Introductory Courses, Academic Achievement, Lecture Method, Minority Group Students
Effect of Changes in Course Delivery Format in Response to the COVID-19 Pandemic on Self-Assessed Learning Gains in a Large Introductory Biology CURE
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Kearney, Miranda A. – Journal of STEM Education: Innovations and Research, 2022
The COVID-19 pandemic presented many challenges for educators. In Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs), where students learn about the scientific process by working on novel research, few resources for remote learning were available. Here the impact of changes to course delivery format on student learning gains in a…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, Introductory Courses, Biology
Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms
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Gelinas, Katharine A.; Ovid, Dax; Amaya-Mejia, Wilmer; Ayala, Rafael; Baek, Hanna E.; Gasmin, Eric; Hissen, Karina; Johnson, Amanda; Kossa, Emily; Levesque, Lauren; Lutz, Kurt R.; Lyons, Amichai S.; Mata, Alan F.; Mitchell, Casey G.; Paggeot, Lisa; Pastor-Infantas, Maria Jos̩; Patel, Cheryl; Prestol-Casillas, Susan; Chen, Kevin Xu; Tanner, Kimberly D. РCBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Instructor Talk--noncontent and nonlogistical language that is focused on shaping the classroom learning environment--is a recently defined variable that may play an important role in how undergraduates experience courses. Previous research characterized Instructor Talk used by faculty teaching in biology lecture classrooms. However, graduate…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Graduate Students, Undergraduate Students, Biology
Enhancing Students' Digital Skills through a "Biotechnology & Bioprocessing" Module Designed for Chemical Engineers
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Alfred Fernandez-Castane – Cogent Education, 2024
The transformation of the chemical engineering profession is occurring in response to the industry needs of the rapidly-developing bioeconomy and biosector across Europe. To meet these requirements, a new Biotechnology and Bioprocessing module has been designed and offered to Chemical Engineering undergraduates at Aston University, UK. This module…
Descriptors: Technological Literacy, Biotechnology, Chemical Engineering, Educational Technology
The Impact of Asynchronous Online Anatomy Teaching and Smaller Learning Groups in the Anatomy Laboratory on Medical Students' Performance during the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Chang, Ming-Fong; Liao, Meng-Lin; Lue, June-Horng; Yeh, Chi-Chuan – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2022
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, National Taiwan University anatomy teachers adopted asynchronous online video teaching and reduced the size of anatomy laboratory groups in April 2020. The aim of this study was to investigate the impact of these changes on medical students' learning. Before COVID-19, the performance of the 2019-2020 cohort was…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing