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Creating a new breed of biology education researchers.(Eye on Education)

Publication: BioScience
Publication Date: 01-MAY-08
Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access

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Introductory undergraduate biology courses often fail to truly engage students in the subject matter, a problem that sometimes causes students to switch out of biology majors. The traditional, lecture-only curriculum has already been shunned in middle-school and high-school science but this a...

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...classrooms, lesson structure persists in the post-secondary domain. Although some professors are using innovative teaching methods in college biology classrooms, they may lack the knowledge, skills, and support to research other promising learning methods, write up their findings, and create culture on their campuses that emphasizes evidence-based learning in the classroom. The inability of biology faculty to share successful teaching methods inhibits the spread of effective practices and impedes the change in campus culture...

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