... the relationships and nature of alleles, genes, and chromosomes. To measure student understanding of these concepts, as well as support biology educational reform toward student-centered instruction, we developed a formative assessment to provide reliable and valid evidence of student understanding, learning...

...Anushree Bopardikar; Karen Mutch-Jones; Santiago Gasca; Melissa Csikari; Marjee Chmiel Assessment of student learning is crucial to capture accurately student understanding of core concepts and competencies as well as to provide relevant feedback for informing teaching and learning. Yet, many...

... it means to understand a concept. While several formal definitions have been offered, we investigated how biology instructors and biology education researchers define the term and how they perceived the skill sets needed for a student to understand a concept in the context of assessments. We found...

..., the overall goal being to develop a set of assessments that ask students to connect their knowledge across introductory chemistry and biology courses. Here, we describe the development and testing of an activity that focuses on concepts about energy in bond breaking, bond forming, and ATP coupling...

... them, and articles in which they are discussed. All of these resources can be used separately or together to direct practice, supporting multiple teaching modalities depending on teachers’ preferences. © 2021 by The Regents of the University of California 2021 assessment biochemistry...

...Dennis D. Tarasi A consistent challenge for undergraduate instructors is how to properly and objectively assess students who cannot attend regularly scheduled exams. Though many alternatives exist, perhaps the most common strategy is to allow students to take a makeup exam at a different time. Many...

... . 2020 rural education assessment college teaching Promoting the postsecondary education of rural students is uniquely challenging for instructors and institutions. Historically, rural students have been viewed as deficient because of their strong commitments to work and family, their lack...

... science process skills. We created a scenario-based assessment instrument – designed to gauge science process skills – that was accessible to nonmajors and majors. We evaluated nonmajors' and majors' open-ended responses using a rubric. We also assessed students' science identity, confidence...

...’ misconceptions about genetic drift . CBE–Life Sciences Education , 11 , 248 – 259 . Angelo, T.A. & Cross, K.P. ( 1993 ). Classroom Assessment Techniques: A Handbook for College Teachers, 2nd ed . San Francisco, CA : Jossey Bass . Barnes, M.E. & Brownell, S.E. ( 2017 ). A call to use...

... thinking feedback assessment term paper In 2013, a master's student interviewed environmental science and biology undergraduate students and lab instructors at George Mason University regarding lab report assignments ( Kalaskas, 2013 ). His research identified some concerns: Students may...

... to have adapted best. In two out of three semesters students concluded that P. caudatum responded to acid rain with the greatest rate of adaptation. Student success was compared between both types of courses using four methods of assessment: student academic performance, retention rate, transfer rate...

...Karla Fuller Success rates in non-majors introductory biology courses tend to be lower than those in courses for majors. The use of student learning ePortfolios correlates with increased retention and improved learning. Additionally, when ePortfolios are used for periodic formative assessment...

... question writing, logistics, assessment, and useful applications of think-pair-share in the science classroom. © 2017 National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests for permission to photocopy or reproduce article content through the University of California...

... Teacher effectiveness self-disclosure assessment note taking transfer student misconceptions It looks easy. Consequently, it can make you believe that it is occurring without any particular effort or special plan. And it can lead you to assume that some people are just born good teachers...

... that professional biologists do not write essays. A rubric outlining the marking allocation is also provided. Essays are submitted, assessed, and returned online using Learning Management System software. © 2016 National Association of Biology Teachers. All rights reserved. Please direct all requests...

... or within teaching standards. We review three instruments that can help education researchers and educators undertake this paradigm shift. The instruments assess how biology undergraduates understand three evolutionary processes other than natural selection: genetic drift, dominance relationships among...

...Steven M. Autieri Biological concepts such as transcription, translation, codons, and genes can be confusing and overwhelming to high school biology students, yet these are prominent topics assessed on high-stakes standardized tests. I present a project-based assessment approach that can help...

... technique to students, their ability to promote student learning has not been thoroughly assessed. We found that a commercially available ELISA kit increased student performance on pre- and post-tests in three undergraduate college courses, especially in those taught to general-education students. Student...

...Richard Grumbine This article outlines an exercise that assesses student knowledge of food-web and energy-flow concepts. Students work in teams and use manipulatives to build food-web models based on criteria assigned by the instructor. The models are then peer reviewed according to guidelines...