NotesFAQContact Us
Collection
Advanced
Search Tips
Showing all 4 results Save | Export
Implementation of a New Quantitative Biology Course: Assessment of Students' Abilities and Confidence
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rahmoeller, Margaret; Steinweg, J. Megan – PRIMUS, 2022
We explored the impact a new quantitative biology course for biology majors had on their ability and confidence to utilize hypothesis testing. Students currently in the quantitative biology course and the first cohort of students who took the course (currently seniors) were surveyed on ability and confidence regarding four types of hypothesis…
Descriptors: Biology, Science Instruction, Self Esteem, Student Attitudes
Increasing Computational Protein Design Literacy through Cohort-Based Learning for Undergraduate Students
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Erin C. Yang; Robby Divine; Christine S. Kang; Sidney Chan; Elijah Arenas; Zoe Subol; Peter Tinker; Hayden Manninen; Alicia Feichtenbiner; Talal Mustafa; Julia Hallowell; Isiac Orr; Hugh Haddox; Brian Koepnick; Jacob O'Connor; Ian C. Haydon; Karla-Luise Herpoldt; Kandise Van Wormer; Celine Abell; David Baker; Alena Khmelinskaia; Neil P. King – Journal of Chemical Education, 2022
Undergraduate research experiences can improve student success in graduate education and STEM careers. During the COVID-19 pandemic, undergraduate researchers at our institution and many others lost their work-study research positions due to interruption of in-person research activities. This imposed a financial burden on the students and…
Descriptors: Undergraduate Students, Teaching Methods, COVID-19, Pandemics
Changing the First-Year Chemistry Laboratory Manual to Implement a Problem-Based Approach that Improves Student Engagement
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Laredo, Thamara – Journal of Chemical Education, 2013
For students who are not science majors, problem-based (PB) laboratories for first-year chemistry provide a more comprehensive experience than conventional expository ones. Implementing PB labs is reasonably easy, as the lab experiments may not need to change; what changes is the way the lab manual is set up and how the actual session is carried…
Descriptors: Laboratory Manuals, Chemistry, Educational Change, Curriculum Development
Organizational Strategies for Promoting Instructional Change: Implementation Dynamics in Schools Working with Comprehensive School Reform Providers
Peer reviewed Peer reviewed
Direct linkDirect link
Rowan, Brian; Miller, Robert J. – American Educational Research Journal, 2007
This article develops a conceptual framework for studying how three comprehensive school reform (CSR) programs organized schools for instructional change and how the distinctive strategies they pursued affected implementation outcomes. The conceptual model views the Accelerated Schools Project as using a system of cultural control to produce…
Descriptors: School Restructuring, Instructional Improvement, Program Implementation, Acceleration (Education)