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William Edward Falkner – ProQuest LLC, 2024
The goals of nonmajor science education are to improve scientific literacy and produce pro-science attitudes. Together, these goals are expected to improve an individual's ability to make evidence-based decisions based on newer understandings of the natural world as well as developing technologies. In a post-COVID-19 world, public understanding of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Nonmajors, Biology, Undergraduate Students
Melear, Claudia Tarver – 1989
Curry's model of learning style framework with Claxton and Murrell's adaptations was used to study the profile of non-majors in a college biology course. The purpose of the study was to provide empirically derived data in both a qualitative and quantitative format of the non-major to improve the course. Over 600 students were administered the…
Descriptors: Biology, Cognitive Processes, Cognitive Style, Cognitive Tests