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Robert N. Wilson; Parker J. Holman; Martin Dragan; Rebecca E. K. MacPherson; Shawn M. Beaudette – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2024
Supplemental instruction (SI) confers student success, as represented by grades, knowledge retention, and student engagement. However, studies often report professional, not undergraduate, program findings. To measure these effects, students studying human anatomy at a university in Ontario, Canada, attended structured (peer-assisted) or…
Descriptors: Supplementary Education, Peer Teaching, Student Educational Objectives, Undergraduate Students
Cai, Bei; Mainhood, Lindsay A.; Groome, Ryan; Laverty, Corinne; McLean, Alastair – Physical Review Physics Education Research, 2021
We investigated physics students' behavior in a second-year laboratory by analyzing transcribed audio recordings of laboratory sessions. One student group was given both a problem and procedure and asked to analyze and explain their results. Another was provided with only the problem and asked to design and execute the experiment, interpret the…
Descriptors: Physics, Science Instruction, Science Laboratories, Undergraduate Students
Rebecca K. Splan; C. A. Porr; Amy S. Biddle; Lena Luck; Kim Cole; C. Jill Stowe – NACTA Journal, 2022
In March, 2020, campus restrictions associated with COVID-19 necessitated significant changes to undergraduate instruction at institutions of higher education. Rapid, unplanned transitions to remote learning caused disruptions for all educators, especially those who traditionally facilitate student learning via wet labs or live animal…
Descriptors: College Faculty, Teacher Attitudes, Undergraduate Study, Zoology
Saudelli, Mary Gene; Kleiv, Robin; Davies, Jessica; Jungmark, Martin; Mueller, Rebecca – Brock Education: A Journal of Educational Research and Practice, 2021
Simulation educational technologies provide a convenient way to augment classroom learning in higher education. The University of Colorado Boulder has created many Physics Education Technology (PhET) computer simulations relevant to concepts in Sciences and Mathematics. There is a notable gap in the literature of simulation-based technologies,…
Descriptors: College Science, Undergraduate Study, Science Instruction, Physics
Sandra Brown; Maja Krzic – NACTA Journal, 2022
As instructors return to in-person teaching and learning following online teaching during the COVID-19 pandemic, we can build from the experiences gained and incorporate various online resources into our campus-based classes. Drawing from student evaluations of teaching, a post-course student survey and learning management system (LMS) analytics,…
Descriptors: COVID-19, Pandemics, In Person Learning, Online Courses
Poling, Kirsten; Smit, Julie; Higgs, Dennis – Bioscience Education, 2013
Laptop computers were provided for use in three biology classes with differing formats (a second year lecture course of 100 students, a third/fourth year lecture course of 50 students, and a second year course with greater than 250 students, in groups of 25 during the laboratory portion of the class) to assess their impact on student learning and…
Descriptors: Laptop Computers, Educational Technology, College Science, Undergraduate Study
Stang, Jared B.; Roll, Ido – Physical Review Special Topics - Physics Education Research, 2014
Through in-class observations of teaching assistants (TAs) and students in the lab sections of a large introductory physics course, we study which TA behaviors can be used to predict student engagement and, in turn, how this engagement relates to learning. For the TAs, we record data to determine how they adhere to and deliver the lesson plan and…
Descriptors: Interaction, Observation, Teaching Assistants, College Students
Deacon, Christopher; Hajek, Allyson – International Journal of Science Education, 2011
Science instruction literature provides us with goals for laboratory instruction and guidelines for designing and implementing science labs in the post-secondary setting. How well are we doing in our attempt to provide a meaningful and positive learning experience for our students? This paper describes the results of a study to determine whether…
Descriptors: Student Attitudes, Physics, Science Laboratories, Science Instruction
Oakley, Jan – International Journal of Environmental and Science Education, 2012
This study investigated Ontario science and biology teachers' practices and attitudes toward animal dissection and dissection alternatives. The data was collected through a mixed methods approach involving online surveys (n = 153) and subsequent telephone interviews (n = 9) with secondary school science and biology teachers. The findings indicate…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Preservice Teacher Education, Biology, Animals
MacLeod, Katarin – Physics Education, 2007
The law of conservation of momentum is one that students often have difficulties understanding. This experiment allows students to use childhood toys to examine and calculate the muzzle velocity of their favourite water gun by using an air track, a spark timer or data logger and the law of conservation of momentum in a one-dimensional case, a…
Descriptors: Weapons, Laboratory Experiments, Physics, Science Experiments
Gardiner, Peter G.; Farragher, Pierce – 1997
The purpose of this study was to survey the quantity and quality of laboratory work conducted by Grade 11 and 12 biology students in British Columbia High Schools, to analyze student performance on laboratory based questions on Provincial examinations, and to examine the curriculum for recommended laboratory work. Examination and curriculum data…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Biology, Educational Strategies, Foreign Countries
Martin, Michael O.; Mullis, Ina V. S.; Foy, Pierre; Stanco, Gabrielle M. – International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement, 2012
For more than 50 years, the International Association for the Evaluation of Educational Achievement (IEA) has been conducting comparative studies of educational achievement in a number of curriculum areas, including mathematics and science. TIMSS 2011 represents the fifth cycle of the Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study (TIMSS),…
Descriptors: Science Achievement, Comparative Education, Educational Trends, Trend Analysis
Ivkovich, Janice M. – 1982
The current status and frequency of nonmajor biology courses offered in colleges and universities in the United States and Canada were investigated. A random sample of 300 four-year colleges was sent a questionnaire and a request for copies of their syllabi for nonmajor biology courses and other nonmajor science courses. Of the 134 respondents,…
Descriptors: Biology, College Curriculum, Course Descriptions, Course Objectives