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Poulin, Jessica; Ramamurthy, Bina; Dittmar, Katharina – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2013
Population genetics is fundamental to understanding evolutionary theory, and is taught in most introductory biology/evolution courses. Many students are unaware that understanding this topic requires pertinent knowledge
of mathematics and consequently struggle with the subject. As a response to this problem, a virtual tool (Pop!World) was…
Descriptors: Genetics, Evolution, Learning Modules, Introductory Courses
Barsoum, Mark J.; Sellers, Patrick J.; Campbell, A. Malcolm; Heyer, Laurie J.; Paradise, Christopher J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
We redesigned the undergraduate introductory biology course by writing a new textbook ("Integrating Concepts in Biology" ["ICB"]) that follows first principles of learning. Our approach emphasizes primary data interpretation and the utility of mathematics in biology, while de-emphasizing memorization. This redesign divides biology into five big…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Data Interpretation, Textbooks