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Direct linkda Silva, Karen Burke; Hunter, Narelle – Bioscience Education, 2009
First year biology students at Flinders University with no prior biology background knowledge fail at almost twice the rate as those with a background. To remedy this discrepancy we enabled students to attend a weekly series of pre-lectures aimed at providing basic biological concepts, thereby removing the need for students to complete a…
Descriptors: Prerequisites, Biology, College Science, Science Instruction
