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Direct linkHalverson, Kristy Lynn; Siegel, Marcelle A.; Freyermuth, Sharyn K. – International Journal of Science Education, 2009
Decision making is influenced by multiple factors, especially when approaching controversial socio-scientific issues, such as stem cell research. In the present study, we used qualitative data from 132 college student papers in a biotechnology course to investigate how students made decisions about stem cell research issues. Students indicated…
Descriptors: Biotechnology, Decision Making, Ethics, Undergraduate Students
Bondos, Sarah E.; Phillips, Dereth – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2008
Rice University has created a team-taught interactive biology course for nonmajors with a focus on cutting edge biology in the news--advances in biotechnology, medicine, and science policy, along with the biological principles and methodology upon which these advances are based. The challenges inherent to teaching current topics were minimized by…
Descriptors: Nonmajors, Graduate Students, Class Activities, Current Events
