Inexpensive microscopy for introductory laboratory courses

Scaffolding in Introductory Engineering Courses

In the past ten years, engineering classrooms have seen an exponential growth in the use of technology, more than during any other previous decade. Unprecedented advancements, such as the advent of innovative gadgets and fundamental instructional alterations in engineering classrooms, have introduced changes in both teaching and learning. Student learning in introductory, fundamental engineerin...

An interspecific functional complementation test in Drosophila for introductory genetics laboratory courses.

Introductory genetics courses often include evolutionary genetics concepts such as sequence homology and functional conservation. It is usually assumed that two sequences showing homology (i.e., sharing a common ancestral sequence) perform the same molecular function. The correlation, however, does not always hold true, and evidence for functional conservation must come from functional studies....

A survey of introductory college genetics courses.

Novices' Progress in Introductory Programming Courses

This paper presents an approach for educators to evaluate student progress throughout a course, and not merely based on a final exam. We introduce progress reports and describe how these can be used as a tool to evaluate student learning and understanding during programming courses. Complemented with data from surveys and the exam, the progress reports can be used to build an overall picture of...

Stereotyped: Investigating Gender in Introductory Science Courses

Research in science education has documented achievement gaps between men and women in math and physics that may reflect, in part, a response to perceived stereotype threat. Research efforts to reduce achievement gaps by mediating the impact of stereotype threat have found success with a short values-affirmation writing exercise. In biology and biochemistry, however, little attention has been p...