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Odom, Sara; Boso, Halle; Bowling, Scott; Brownell, Sara; Cotner, Sehoya; Creech, Catherine; Drake, Abby Grace; Eddy, Sarah; Fagbodun, Sheritta; Hebert, Sadie; James, Avis C.; Just, Jan; St. Juliana, Justin R.; Shuster, Michele; Thompson, Seth K.; Whittington, Richard; Wills, Bill D.; Wilson, Alan E.; Zamudio, Kelly R.; Zhong, Min; Ballen, Cissy J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
To investigate patterns of gender-based performance gaps, we conducted a meta-analysis of published studies and unpublished data collected across 169 undergraduate biology and chemistry courses. While we did not detect an overall gender gap in performance, heterogeneity analyses suggested further analysis was warranted, so we investigated whether…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Achievement Gap, Science Achievement, College Science
Meaders, Clara L.; Toth, Emma S.; Lane, A. Kelly; Shuman, J. Kenny; Couch, Brian A.; Stains, Marilyne; Stetzer, MacKenzie R.; Vinson, Erin; Smith, Michelle K. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
The instructional practices used in introductory college courses often differ dramatically from those used in high school courses, and dissatisfaction with these practices is cited by students as a prominent reason for leaving science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors. To better characterize the transition to college course…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Student Attitudes, Expectation, Educational Practices
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