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Helix, Max R.; Cote, Laleh E.; Stachl, Christiane N.; Linn, Marcia C.; Stone, Elisa M.; Baranger, Anne M. – Chemistry Education Research and Practice, 2022
Understanding the impact of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) and course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) is crucial as universities debate the value of allocating scarce resources to these activities. We report on the Berkeley Undergraduate Research Evaluation Tools (BURET), designed to assess the learning outcomes of UREs…
Descriptors: Chemistry, Undergraduate Students, Student Research, Science Instruction
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White, Harold B.; Benore, Marilee A.; Sumter, Takita F.; Caldwell, Benjamin D.; Bell, Ellis – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2013
Biochemistry and molecular biology (BMB) students should demonstrate proficiency in the foundational concepts of the discipline and possess the skills needed to practice as professionals. To ascertain the skills that should be required, groups of BMB educators met in several focused workshops to discuss the expectations with the ultimate goal of…
Descriptors: College Science, Undergraduate Students, Science Process Skills, Science Instruction
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Kim, Sun Young; Irving, Karen E. – Science & Education, 2010
This study (1) explores the effectiveness of the contextualized history of science on student learning of nature of science (NOS) and genetics content knowledge (GCK), especially interrelationships among various genetics concepts, in high school biology classrooms; (2) provides an exemplar for teachers on how to utilize history of science in…
Descriptors: Experimental Groups, Control Groups, Concept Mapping, Research Design
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Jones-Held, Susan; Paoletti, Robert; Glick, David; Held, Michael E. – Bioscene: Journal of College Biology Teaching, 2010
In this article we describe a multi-week investigative laboratory in microbial ecology/diversity and nitrogen cycling that we have used in our introductory biology course. This module encourages active student involvement in experimental design, using the scientific literature and quantitative analysis of large data sets. Students analyze soil…
Descriptors: Research Design, Laboratories, Ecology, Biology