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Orndorf, Hayley C.; Waterman, Margaret; Lange, Donna; Kavin, Denise; Johnston, Sam Catherine; Jenkins, Kristin P. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Universal Design for Learning (UDL) provides a flexible framework for supporting a wide variety of learners. We report here on a conference that presented the UDL framework as a way to increase success of deaf and hard-of-hearing (deaf/hh) students in introductory biology courses. The Opening the Pathway conference was an NSF Advanced…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Deafness, Hearing Impairments, Students with Disabilities
Sadler, Philip M.; Sonnert, Gerhard; Hazari, Zahra; Tai, Robert – Science Educator, 2014
Several avenues are open to students who wish to study advanced science or mathematics in high school, which include Advanced Placement courses and teacher-designed courses unaffiliated with organized programs. We employ a retrospective cohort study of 4,691 nationally representative college students at 34 randomly selected, colleges and…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Secondary School Science, High Schools, STEM Education
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Porter, Sandra G.; Day, Joseph; McCarty, Richard E.; Shearn, Allen; Shingles, Richard; Fletcher, Linnea; Murphy, Stephanie; Pearlman, Rebecca – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2007
Researchers in the field of bioinformatics have developed a number of analytical programs and databases that are increasingly important for advancing biological research. Because bioinformatics programs are used to analyze, visualize, and/or compare biological data, it is likely that the use of these programs will have a positive impact on biology…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Visualization, Genetics