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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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Choe, Ronny C.; Scuric, Zorica; Eshkol, Ethan; Cruser, Sean; Arndt, Ava; Cox, Robert; Toma, Shannon P.; Shapiro, Casey; Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc; Levis-Fitzgerald, Marc; Barnes, Greg; Crosbie, Rachelle H. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Our study identified online lecture video styles that improved student engagement and satisfaction, while maintaining high learning outcomes in online education. We presented different lecture video styles with standardized material to students and then measured learning outcomes and satisfaction with a survey and summative assessment. We created…
Descriptors: Student Satisfaction, Student Attitudes, Asynchronous Communication, Online Courses
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Bauer, Angela C.; Coffield, Vernon M.; Crater, Dinene; Lyda, Todd; Segarra, Verónica A.; Suh, Kevin; Vigueira, Cynthia C.; Vigueira, Patrick A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Recent studies demonstrate that significant learning gains can be achieved when instructors take intentional steps to address the affective components of learning. While such efforts enhance the outcomes of all students, they are particularly beneficial for students from underrepresented groups and can reduce performance gaps. In the present…
Descriptors: Equal Education, Outcomes of Education, Biology, Science Instruction
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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
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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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Marbach-Ad, Gili; Rietschel, Carly Hunt – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
In this study, we used a case study approach to obtain an in-depth understanding of the change process of two university instructors who were involved with redesigning a biology course. Given the hesitancy of many biology instructors to adopt evidence-based, learner-centered teaching methods, there is a critical need to understand how biology…
Descriptors: College Faculty, College Science, Biology, Teaching Methods
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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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Gross, David; Pietri, Evava S.; Anderson, Gordon; Moyano-Camihort, Karin; Graham, Mark J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2015
Active-learning environments such as those found in a flipped classroom are known to increase student performance, although how these gains are realized over the course of a semester is less well understood. In an upper-level lecture course designed primarily for biochemistry majors, we examine how students attain improved learning outcomes, as…
Descriptors: Outcomes of Education, Science Instruction, Gender Differences, Grade Point Average
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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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Linton, Debra L.; Farmer, Jan Keith; Peterson, Ernie – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
Meta-analyses of active-learning research consistently show that active-learning techniques result in greater student performance than traditional lecture-based courses. However, some individual studies show no effect of active-learning interventions. This may be due to inexperienced implementation of active learning. To minimize the effect of…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Peer Groups, Interaction, Meta Analysis
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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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Linton, Debra L.; Pangle, Wiline M.; Wyatt, Kevin H.; Powell, Karli N.; Sherwood, Rachel E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
We investigated some of the key features of effective active learning by comparing the outcomes of three different methods of implementing active-learning exercises in a majors introductory biology course. Students completed activities in one of three treatments: discussion, writing, and discussion + writing. Treatments were rotated weekly between…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Introductory Courses, Biology, Majors (Students)
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Walsh, John P.; Sun, Jerry Chih-Yuan; Riconscente, Michelle – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Digital technologies can improve student interest and knowledge in science. However, researching the vast number of websites devoted to science education and integrating them into undergraduate curricula is time-consuming. We developed an Adobe ColdFusion- and Adobe Flash-based system for simplifying the construction, use, and delivery of…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Undergraduate Students, Student Interests, Online Courses
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Levesque, Aime A. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2011
Classroom response systems, or clickers, have become pedagogical staples of the undergraduate science curriculum at many universities. In this study, the effectiveness of clickers in promoting problem-solving skills in a genetics class was investigated. Students were presented with problems requiring application of concepts covered in lecture and…
Descriptors: Discussion, Problem Solving, Genetics, Correlation
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Tsaushu, Masha; Tal, Tali; Sagy, Ornit; Kali, Yael; Gepstein, Shimon; Zilberstein, Dan – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2012
This study offers an innovative and sustainable instructional model for an introductory undergraduate course. The model was gradually implemented during 3 yr in a research university in a large-lecture biology course that enrolled biology majors and nonmajors. It gives priority to sources not used enough to enhance active learning in higher…
Descriptors: Thinking Skills, Active Learning, Biology, Constructivism (Learning)
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