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Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices
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Crystal Uminski; Sara M. Burbach; Brian A. Couch – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Scientific practices are the skills used to develop scientific knowledge and are essential for careers in science. Despite calls from education and government agencies to cultivate scientific practices, there remains little evidence of how often students are asked to apply them in undergraduate courses. We analyzed exams from biology courses at…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Biology, Science Education, Lecture Method
Content Coverage as a Persistent Exclusionary Practice: Investigating Perspectives of Health Professionals on the Influence of Undergraduate Coursework
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Brie Tripp; Sherri Cozzens; Catherine Hrycyk; Kimberly D. Tanner; Jeffrey N. Schinske – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
STEM undergraduates navigate lengthy sequences of prerequisite courses covering volumes of science content. Given that these courses may contribute to attrition and equity gaps in STEM, research is needed to test the assumption that prerequisite content benefits students in their future studies and careers. We investigated the relevance of…
Descriptors: Nurses, Undergraduate Study, Attitudes, Nursing Education
Writing and Using Learning Objectives
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Orr, Rebecca B.; Csikari, Melissa M.; Freeman, Scott; Rodriguez, Michael C. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2022
Learning objectives (LOs) are used to communicate the purpose of instruction. Done well, they convey the expectations that the instructor--and by extension, the academic field--has in terms of what students should know and be able to do after completing a course of study. As a result, they help students better understand course activities and…
Descriptors: Behavioral Objectives, Guides, Evidence Based Practice, Writing (Composition)
BioSkills Guide: Development and National Validation of a Tool for Interpreting the "Vision and Change" Core Competencies
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Clemmons, Alexa W.; Timbrook, Jerry; Herron, Jon C.; Crowe, Alison J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
To excel in modern science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers, biology majors need a range of transferable skills, yet competency development is often a relatively underdeveloped facet of the undergraduate curriculum. We have elaborated the "Vision and Change" core competency framework into a resource called the BioSkills…
Descriptors: Biology, Undergraduate Students, Skill Development, Guides
Visual Literacy in Bloom: Using Bloom's Taxonomy to Support Visual Learning Skills
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Arneson, Jessie B.; Offerdahl, Erika G. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
"Vision and Change" identifies science communication as one of the core competencies in undergraduate biology. Visual representations are an integral part of science communication, allowing ideas to be shared among and between scientists and the public. As such, development of scientific visual literacy should be a desired outcome of…
Descriptors: Visual Literacy, Taxonomy, Thinking Skills, Undergraduate Study
"Entering Research" Learning Assessment (ERLA): Validity Evidence for an Instrument to Measure Undergraduate and Graduate Research Trainee Development
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Butz, Amanda R.; Branchaw, Janet L. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2020
Expanding the scope of previous undergraduate research assessment tools, the "Entering Research" Learning Assessment (ERLA) measures undergraduate and graduate research trainee learning gains in the seven areas of trainee development in the evidence-based "Entering Research" conceptual framework: Research Comprehension and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Graduate Students, College Students, Student Research
Development of a Certification Exam to Assess Undergraduate Students' Proficiency in Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Core Concepts
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Zeidan, Quira; Loertscher, Jennifer; Wolfson, Adele J.; Tansey, John T.; Offerdahl, Erika G.; Kennelly, Peter J.; Dries, Daniel R.; Moore, Victoria Del Gaizo; Dean, Diane M.; Carastro, L. Michael; Villafañe, Sachel M.; Tyler, Ludmila – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2021
With support from the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology (ASBMB), a community of biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) scientist-educators has developed and administered an assessment instrument designed to evaluate student competence across four core concept and skill areas fundamental to BMB. The four areas encompass…
Descriptors: Test Construction, Test Validity, Scoring, Minimum Competency Testing
Can I Have Your Recipe? Using a Fidelity of Implementation (FOI) Framework to Identify the Key Ingredients of Formative Assessment for Learning
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Offerdahl, Erika G.; McConnell, Melody; Boyer, Jeffrey – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2018
For decades, formative assessment has been identified as a high-impact instructional practice that positively affects student learning. Education reform documents such as "Vision and Change: A Call to Action" expressly identify frequent, ongoing formative assessment and feedback as a key instructional practice in student-centered…
Descriptors: Formative Evaluation, Teaching Methods, Concept Formation, Feedback (Response)
Conceptual Elements: A Detailed Framework to Support and Assess Student Learning of Biology Core Concepts
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Cary, Tawnya; Branchaw, Janet – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
The "Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education: Call to Action" report has inspired and supported a nationwide movement to restructure undergraduate biology curricula to address overarching disciplinary concepts and competencies. The report outlines the concepts and competencies generally but does not provide a detailed…
Descriptors: Biology, Fundamental Concepts, Undergraduate Students, Competency Based Education
Curriculum Alignment with "Vision and Change" Improves Student Scientific Literacy
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Auerbach, Anna Jo; Schussler, Elisabeth E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2017
The "Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education" final report challenged institutions to reform their biology courses to focus on process skills and student active learning, among other recommendations. A large southeastern university implemented curricular changes to its majors' introductory biology sequence in alignment with…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Alignment (Education), Scientific Literacy, Science Achievement
Recommendations for Effective Integration of Ethics and Responsible Conduct of Research (E/RCR) Education into Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experiences: A Meeting Report
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Diaz-Martinez, Laura A.; Fisher, Ginger R.; Esparza, David; Bhatt, Jay M.; D'Arcy, Christina E.; Apodaca, Jennifer; Brownell, Sara; Corwin, Lisa; Davis, William B.; Floyd, Kevin W.; Killion, Patrick J.; Madden, Jaclyn; Marsteller, Patricia; Mayfield-Meyer, Teresa; McDonald, Kelly K.; Rosenberg, Martina; Yarborough, Mark A.; Olimpo, Jeffrey T. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
Advancement of the scientific enterprise relies on individuals conducting research in anethical and responsible manner. Educating emergent scholars in the principles of ethics/responsible conduct of research (E/RCR) is therefore critical to ensuring such advancement. The recent impetus to include authentic research opportunities as part of the…
Descriptors: Ethics, Research Training, Undergraduate Students, Student Research
A Framework to Guide Undergraduate Education in Interdisciplinary Science
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Tripp, Brie; Shortlidge, Erin E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2019
An expanded investment in interdisciplinary research has prompted greater demands to integrate knowledge across disciplinary boundaries. "Vision and Change" similarly made interdisciplinary expectations a key competency for undergraduate biology majors; however, we are not yet synchronized on the meaning of interdisciplinarity, making…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Study, Interdisciplinary Approach, Barriers, College Faculty
Examining the Role of Leadership in an Undergraduate Biology Institutional Reform Initiative
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Matz, Rebecca L.; Jardeleza, Sarah E. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
Undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education reform continues to be a national priority. We studied a reform process in undergraduate biology at a research-intensive university to explore what leadership issues arose in implementation of the initiative when characterized with a descriptive case study method. The…
Descriptors: Leadership Role, Undergraduate Study, College Science, Biology
The PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics, Version 1.0: A Valid and Equitable Tool to Measure Transformation of Life Sciences Departments at All Institution Types
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Brancaccio-Taras, Loretta; Pape-Lindstrom, Pamela; Peteroy-Kelly, Marcy; Aguirre, Karen; Awong-Taylor, Judy; Balser, Teri; Cahill, Michael J.; Frey, Regina F.; Jack, Thomas; Kelrick, Michael; Marley, Kate; Miller, Kathryn G.; Osgood, Marcy; Romano, Sandra; Uzman, J. Akif; Zhao, Jiuqing – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2016
The PULSE Vision & Change Rubrics, version 1.0, assess life sciences departments' progress toward implementation of the principles of the "Vision and Change report." This paper reports on the development of the rubrics, their validation, and their reliability in measuring departmental change aligned with the "Vision and…
Descriptors: Scoring Rubrics, Biological Sciences, Validity, Reliability
BioCore Guide: A Tool for Interpreting the Core Concepts of Vision and Change for Biology Majors
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Brownell, Sara E.; Freeman, Scott; Wenderoth, Mary Pat; Crowe, Alison J. – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2014
"Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education" outlined five core concepts intended to guide undergraduate biology education: 1) evolution; 2) structure and function; 3) information flow, exchange, and storage; 4) pathways and transformations of energy and matter; and 5) systems. We have taken these general recommendations and…
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Undergraduate Study, Guides
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