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A. C. Cooper; J. B. Osness; S. D. Hester; M. S. Bolger – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Undergraduate laboratory courses can provide opportunities for students to participate in science practices. This requires rethinking both curricula and instruction. Science practice--based courses require students to be positioned as epistemic agents, implying a shift in instructor role. Teaching assistants (TAs) are the primary instructors for…
Descriptors: Teaching Assistants, Science Laboratories, Science Instruction, Science Process Skills
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Gregory R. Goldsmith; Miranda L. Aiken; Hector M. Camarillo-Abad; Kamal Diki; Daniel L. Gardner; Mario Stipcic; Javier F. Espeleta – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
There is widespread recognition that undergraduate students in the life sciences must learn how to work in teams. However, instructors who wish to incorporate teamwork into their classrooms rarely have formal training in how to teach teamwork. This is further complicated by the application of synonymous and often ambiguous terminology regarding…
Descriptors: Barriers, Teamwork, Undergraduate Students, College Faculty
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Hansen, Janice; Richland, Lindsey Engle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Reasoning about visual representations in science requires the ability to control one's attention, inhibit attention to irrelevant or incorrect information, and hold information in mind while manipulating it actively--all aspects of the limited-capacity cognitive system described as humans' executive functions. This article describes pedagogical…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Science Instruction, Attention Control, Executive Function
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Eddy, Sarah L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
The "Current Insights" feature is designed to introduce life science educators and researchers to current articles of interest in other social science and education journals. In this installment, I highlight three diverse research studies out of psychology journals that address student study strategies, faculty change, and the influence…
Descriptors: Educational Research, Science Instruction, Periodicals, Journal Articles
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DiBartolo, Patricia Marten; Gregg-Jolly, Leslie; Gross, Deborah; Manduca, Cathryn A.; Iverson, Ellen; Cooke, David B., III; Davis, Gregory K.; Davidson, Cameron; Hertz, Paul E.; Hibbard, Lisa; Ireland, Shubha K.; Mader, Catherine; Pai, Aditi; Raps, Shirley; Siwicki, Kathleen; Swartz, Jim E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Best-practices pedagogy in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) aims for inclusive excellence that fosters student persistence. This paper describes principles of inclusivity across 11 primarily undergraduate institutions designated as Capstone Awardees in Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) 2012 competition. The Capstones…
Descriptors: Inclusion, Medical Education, Best Practices, Educational Practices
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Singer, Susan R.; Nielsen, Natalie R.; Schweingruber, Heidi A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2013
Biologists have long been concerned about the quality of undergraduate biology education. Over time, however, biology faculty members have begun to study increasingly sophisticated questions about teaching and learning in the discipline. These scholars, often called biology education researchers, are part of a growing field of inquiry called…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biology, Educational Research, Best Practices
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Eddy, Sarah L.; Converse, Mercedes; Wenderoth, Mary Pat – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
There is extensive evidence that active learning works better than a completely passive lecture. Despite this evidence, adoption of these evidence-based teaching practices remains low. In this paper, we offer one tool to help faculty members implement active learning. This tool identifies 21 readily implemented elements that have been shown to…
Descriptors: Classroom Observation Techniques, Teaching Methods, Evidence Based Practice, Active Learning
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Roehrig, G. H.; Michlin, M.; Schmitt, L.; MacNabb, C.; Dubinsky, J. M. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
In science education, inquiry-based approaches to teaching and learning provide a framework for students to building critical-thinking and problem-solving skills. Teacher professional development has been an ongoing focus for promoting such educational reforms. However, despite a strong consensus regarding best practices for professional…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Professional Development, Educational Change, Best Practices