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The American Biology Teacher (2024) 86 (6): 340–344.
Published: 01 August 2024
...Bethany B. Stone; Katy Guthrie Many K–16 educators agree that active learning is a key component for student success in life sciences. At the same time, some instructors are frustrated by inconsistent student participation in these activities and may revert to traditional teaching strategies. Horse...
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The American Biology Teacher (2024) 86 (6): 369–372.
Published: 01 August 2024
...Xingyou Liu; Nan Yang; Wenhao Zhou; Jie Shen The post-00s college students are a group of “internet natives” with distinctive personality and innovative spirit. It is important to explore how to motivate them to actively learn new knowledge. Debate, as a means of learning and communication, can...
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The American Biology Teacher (2023) 85 (5): 252–258.
Published: 01 May 2023
... Concept Inventory (ESICI) ( Bretz & Linenberger, 2012 ). Individual questions are described in more detail in the Analysis section. enzymes enzyme kinetics energy active learning Several evidence-informed practices exist to promote student learning and success, including active...
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The American Biology Teacher (2023) 85 (2): 106–110.
Published: 01 February 2023
...., 2014 ). I designed a simulation that uses inquiry and game play to teach high school (grades 9–12) biology students these concepts. The game involves teamwork, decisions about diet, cause and effect of various life events, and data analysis. Educational approaches such as game play and active learning...
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The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (8): 496–502.
Published: 01 October 2022
...Nicole Brennan; Kay Stearns Bruening; Jane Burrell; Margaret A. Voss Inspired by the inaccessibility of laboratory experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic, we designed an at-home experiment on diet and diabetes for a high school (9th grade) life science course. It promotes active learning through...
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The American Biology Teacher (2022) 84 (7): 405–409.
Published: 01 September 2022
... presented. © 2022 by The Regents of the University of California 2022 science education biology active learning inquiry-based learning 5E instructional model Science education is defined as “the organized instruction through which our society attempts to direct youth in its understanding...
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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (5): 337–340.
Published: 01 May 2021
...-learning strategy to engage students in learning. The flipped teaching method is designed to introduce lecture content prior to class meeting, thus creating time during class to adapt active-learning strategies such as dramatization. In this work, students were given a pretest prior to the dramatization...
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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (3): 174–179.
Published: 01 March 2021
...Alexandra M. Shigenaga; Gretchen E. Kroh; Cristiana T. Argueso The proposed lesson, a model active-learning activity designed to give college students experience in synthesizing information and developing a solution, can be used to address socioscientific issues across fields. As a consequence...
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The American Biology Teacher (2021) 83 (1): 55–58.
Published: 01 January 2021
... , J.N. , Tong , L. , Miller , S. & Handelsman , J. ( 2008 ). Money, sex, and drugs: a case study to teach the genetics of antibiotic resistance . CBE–Life Sciences Education , 7 , 302 – 309 . Dabbour , K.S. ( 1997 ). Applying active learning methods to the design...
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The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (8): 545–552.
Published: 17 November 2020
..., with variable amounts of dedicated class time based on students’ comfort with the material and the requirements of each episode. © 2020 by The Regents of the University of California 2020 outbreak active learning pathology evolving simulation experimental design data analysis biology...
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The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (7): 453–462.
Published: 01 September 2020
.../reprints-permissions . 2020 National Association of Biology Teachers student perceptions active learning deliberative pedagogy democratic activity undergraduate students As educators, we aim to improve science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses to engage and retain...
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The American Biology Teacher (2020) 82 (6): 416–420.
Published: 01 August 2020
... and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2020 National Association of Biology Teachers active learning nontraditional assessment poetry STEAM A major goal of college-level biology teaching is to promote deep understanding and the ability to apply learned...
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The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (9): 665–667.
Published: 01 December 2019
.... Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, https://www.ucpress.edu/journals/reprints-permissions . 2019 Genetic drift microevolution active learning in-class project...
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The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (7): 503–506.
Published: 01 September 2019
... to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2019 Active learning experiential learning range plant ecology nonindigenous nonnative place-based learning Bridging the gap...
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The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (2): 98–109.
Published: 01 February 2019
... compares two active-learning approaches to teaching meiosis through modeling in an introductory undergraduate biology course for health sciences majors. Items from the published, validated Meiosis Concept Inventory were used for pre- and post-instruction assessment. In addition, we collected data regarding...
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The American Biology Teacher (2019) 81 (2): 127–132.
Published: 01 February 2019
...Christopher W. Hoagstrom; Lin Xiang; Nicole Lewis-Rogers; Patrice K. Connors; Ami Sessions-Robinson; John F. Mull Active-learning approaches can improve understanding of core biological concepts. We describe a revised hands-on simulation for teaching evolution by natural selection, which focuses...
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The American Biology Teacher (2018) 80 (8): 584–591.
Published: 01 October 2018
...Jennifer Brigati Active learning increases performance in STEM courses, but many instructors are hesitant to adopt active-learning practices because they are afraid students will have negative attitudes toward them. It was hypothesized that students whose first college biology experience...
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The American Biology Teacher (2017) 79 (9): 753–762.
Published: 01 November 2017
... ecology active learning Symbiosis—the interaction between different species—is found in every ecosystem studied to date ( Saffo, 2014 ). To fully understand an ecosystem, one must look at all of the interacting partners to see how the actions of one species affect another. Most well-known...
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The American Biology Teacher (2017) 79 (7): 552–561.
Published: 01 September 2017
... Press's Reprints and Permissions web page, www.ucpress.edu/journals.php?p=reprints . 2017 cellular respiration photosynthesis matter cycling energy transformation misconceptions active learning simulation Introductory biology student performance indicates that students struggle...