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Hartley, Laurel M.; Momsen, Jennifer; Maskiewicz, April; D'Avanzo, Charlene – BioScience, 2012
Biology majors often take introductory biology, chemistry, and physics courses during their first two years of college. The various and sometimes conflicting discourse about and explanations of matter and energy in these courses may contribute to confusion and alternative conceptions (those that differ from scientific consensus) in biology…
Descriptors: Majors (Students), Botany, Biology, Sciences
Novick, Laura R.; Stull, Andrew T.; Catley, Kefyn M. – BioScience, 2012
Although differently formatted cladograms (hierarchical diagrams depicting evolutionary relationships among taxa) depict the same information, they may not be equally easy to comprehend. Undergraduate biology students attempted to translate cladograms from the diagonal to the rectangular format. The "backbone" line of each diagonal…
Descriptors: Biology, Eye Movements, Science Education, Science Instruction
Pearson, David L.; Hamilton, Andrew L.; Erwin, Terry L. – BioScience, 2011
The worldwide decline in taxonomists has a broad impact on biology and society. Learning from general historical patterns of science and understanding social changes caused by growing economies, we propose changes in priorities for training taxonomists to reverse these losses. Academically trained professionals, parataxonomists (local assistants…
Descriptors: Leisure Time, Classification, Biology, Internet
Hernandez, Rebecca R.; Mayernik, Matthew S.; Murphy-Mariscal, Michelle L.; Allen, Michael F. – BioScience, 2012
Environmental scientists are increasing their capitalization on advancements in technology, computation, and data management. However, the extent of that capitalization is unknown. We analyzed the survey responses of 434 graduate students to evaluate the understanding and use of such advances in the environmental sciences. Two-thirds of the…
Descriptors: Environmental Education, Programming Languages, Graduate Students, Information Science
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2010
This article describes how DNA barcoding investigations bring biology to life. Biologists recognize the power of DNA barcoding not just to teach biology through connections to the real world but also to immerse students in the exciting process of science. As an investigator in the Program for the Human Environment at Rockefeller University in New…
Descriptors: Science Projects, Genetics, Biology, Science Instruction
Hartley, Laurel M.; Wilke, Brook J.; Schramm, Jonathon W.; D'Avanzo, Charlene; Anderson, Charles W. – BioScience, 2011
Processes that transform carbon (e.g., photosynthesis) play a prominent role in college biology courses. Our goals were to learn about student reasoning related to these processes and provide faculty with tools for instruction and assessment. We created a framework illustrating how carbon-transforming processes can be related to one another during…
Descriptors: Energy, Ecology, Botany, Biology
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2011
Not all biology students get to experience scientific research firsthand, but the National Genomics Research Initiative (NGRI) is working to change that. The NGRI is the first initiative to spring from Howard Hughes Medical Institute's (HHMI) new Science Education Alliance (SEA). At present, a competitive application process determines which…
Descriptors: Conferences (Gatherings), Scientific Research, Genetics, Biology
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2011
Students at Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan, can now take an innovative biology course in which an integrated, interdisciplinary, problem-based approach is used--one that the scientific community itself is promoting. The first course in a four-semester sequence, Biology 123--The Living World: Concepts and Connections--explores real-world…
Descriptors: World Problems, Biology, Teaching Methods, Sustainable Development
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2009
Scotchmoor and a team of natural scientists, social scientists, philosophers, and educators developed a Web site called Understanding Science ("www.understandingscience.org") to explain to teachers, students, and the general public "how science "really" works." The site, launched in January 2009 and funded by the National Science Foundation,…
Descriptors: Web Sites, Science Instruction, Flow Charts, Scientific Methodology
Ebert-May, Diane; Derting, Terry L.; Hodder, Janet; Momsen, Jennifer L.; Long, Tammy M.; Jardeleza, Sarah E. – BioScience, 2011
Professional development (PD) workshops designed to help faculty move from teacher- to learner-centered science courses for undergraduates are typically evaluated with self-reported surveys that address faculty's satisfaction with a workshop, what they learned, and what they applied in the classroom. Professional development outcomes are seldom…
Descriptors: Video Technology, Faculty Development, Professional Development, Teaching Methods
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2011
Originally designed for K-12 teachers, the Understanding Evolution (UE) Web site ("www.understandingevolution.org") is a one-stop shop for all of a teacher's evolution education needs, with lesson plans, teaching tips, lists of common evolution misconceptions, and much more. However, during the past five years, the UE project team learned that…
Descriptors: Evolution, Elementary Secondary Education, Misconceptions, Internet
Moore, Randy; Cotner, Sehoya – BioScience, 2009
The responses of biology majors in their first year of college differed significantly from those of first-year non-biology majors on only 3 of the 20 items on the Measure of Acceptance of the Theory of Evolution survey instrument. Despite these differences, and regardless of whether students were or were not biology majors, several findings from…
Descriptors: Biology, Majors (Students), Student Attitudes, Theories

Nanney, David L. – BioScience, 1988
Provides a historical look at the development of academic biology. Attempts to project some presently recognized forces and organizational structures influencing the development of the field. Differentiates how the discipline is now as compared with the past. (TW)
Descriptors: Biology, College Science, Degrees (Academic), Higher Education

Postlethwait, S. N. – BioScience, 1980
Supports implementation of instructional procedures that permit students to engage in good learning practices as commonly defined by educational psychologists and teachers. Presents the scientific strategy used by students in botany at Purdue, which involves students in the practice of scientific procedures. (CS)
Descriptors: Botany, College Science, Higher Education, Science Education
Musante, Susan – BioScience, 2009
Although most instructors would like to believe that their students fully understand every biological concept explained in class, this is often not the case. Gary Wisehart, chair and professor of biology at San Diego City College, knows this from firsthand experience. "Students get very good at telling you what you want to hear," he says, "so it…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Science Instruction, Instructional Effectiveness, College Faculty
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