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Downing, Virginia R.; Cooper, Katelyn M.; Cala, Jacqueline M.; Gin, Logan E.; Brownell, Sara E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Student anxiety is a growing concern for colleges and universities. As science classrooms transition from traditional lecture to active learning, researchers have sought to understand how active learning affects undergraduate anxiety. However, although community colleges educate nearly half of all undergraduates, no studies have explored the…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Two Year College Students, Anxiety, Lecture Method
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Barral, Ana Maria; Ardi-Pastores, Veronica C.; Simmons, Rachel E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
A flipped-classroom environment generally strives to create more in-class time for activities that enhance student learning, while shifting some content delivery to outside the classroom through the use of short didactic videos. We compared a flipped-classroom setting with the traditional ("control") setting for an accelerated…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Homework, Teaching Methods, Biology
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Sato, Brian K.; Lee, Amanda K.; Alam, Usman; Dang, Jennifer V.; Dacanay, Samantha J.; Morgado, Pedro; Pirino, Giorgia; Brunner, Jo Ellen; Castillo, Leanne A.; Chan, Valerie W.; Sandholtz, Judith H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
Despite the ubiquity of prerequisites in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics curricula, there has been minimal effort to assess their value in a data-driven manner. Using both quantitative and qualitative data, we examined the impact of prerequisites in the context of a microbiology lecture and lab course pairing.…
Descriptors: Mixed Methods Research, Prerequisites, Required Courses, Microbiology
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Stoltzfus, Jon R.; Libarkin, Julie – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
SCALE-UP-type classrooms, originating with the Student-Centered Active Learning Environment with Upside-down Pedagogies project, are designed to facilitate active learning by maximizing opportunities for interactions between students and embedding technology in the classroom. Positive impacts when active learning replaces lecture are well…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Lecture Method, Classrooms, Student Centered Learning
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Elliott, Emily R.; Reason, Robert D.; Coffman, Clark R.; Gangloff, Eric J.; Raker, Jeffrey R.; Powell-Coffman, Jo Anne; Ogilvie, Craig A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Undergraduate introductory biology courses are changing based on our growing understanding of how students learn and rapid scientific advancement in the biological sciences. At Iowa State University, faculty instructors are transforming a second-semester large-enrollment introductory biology course to include active learning within the lecture…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, College Faculty, Biology, Science Instruction
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Jeno, Lucas M.; Raaheim, Arild; Kristensen, Sara Madeleine; Kristensen, Kjell Daniel; Hole, Torstein Nielsen; Haugland, Mildrid J.; Mæland, Silje – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
We investigate the effects of team-based learning (TBL) on motivation and learning in a quasi-experimental study. The study employs a self-determination theory perspective to investigate the motivational effects of implementing TBL in a physiotherapy course in higher education. We adopted a one-group pretest-posttest design. The results show that…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Teamwork, Learning Motivation, Self Determination
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Adams, Alison E. M.; Randall, Shelby; Traustadóttir, Tinna – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
Two sections of an introductory microbiology course were taught by one instructor. One was taught through a hybrid format and the other through a traditional format. Students were randomly assigned to the two sections. Both sections were provided with identical lecture materials, in-class worksheets, in-class assessments, and extra credit…
Descriptors: Science Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Lecture Method, Blended Learning
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Maskiewicz, April Cordero; Griscom, Heather Peckham; Welch, Nicole Turrill – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
In this study, we used targeted active-learning activities to help students improve their ways of reasoning about carbon flow in ecosystems. The results of a validated ecology conceptual inventory (diagnostic question clusters [DQCs]) provided us with information about students' understanding of and reasoning about transformation of inorganic and…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Class Size, Class Activities, Learning Activities
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Armbruster, Peter; Patel, Maya; Johnson, Erika; Weiss, Martha – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2009
We describe the development and implementation of an instructional design that focused on bringing multiple forms of active learning and student-centered pedagogies to a one-semester, undergraduate introductory biology course for both majors and nonmajors. Our course redesign consisted of three major elements: 1) reordering the presentation of the…
Descriptors: Instructional Design, Student Attitudes, Problem Based Learning, Student Surveys
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Quitadamo, Ian J.; Faiola, Celia L.; Johnson, James E.; Kurtz, Martha J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2008
National stakeholders are becoming increasingly concerned about the inability of college graduates to think critically. Research shows that, while both faculty and students deem critical thinking essential, only a small fraction of graduates can demonstrate the thinking skills necessary for academic and professional success. Many faculty are…
Descriptors: General Education, College Graduates, Biology, Critical Thinking