Question format is the best predictor of item discrimination: a multivariable analysis [0.03%]
多元变量分析表明：题型是区分度的最佳预测因素
Kirk Hillsley
Kirk Hillsley
Item discrimination, the point-biserial correlation between performance on a question and total exam score, was analyzed in relation to question format, difficulty, and Bloom's taxonomy, which are rarely studied together in a joint framewor...
Using the shark fin trade to teach molecular biology and understand the ongoing biodiversity crisis [0.03%]
利用鱼翅贸易教授分子生物学并理解当下的生物多样性危机
Benjamin John Wainwright
Benjamin John Wainwright
The teaching of molecular methods through programs designed to answer real-world questions is rare. Here, we use the shark fin trade and take a problem-based approach that introduces students to the molecular methods used in conservation bi...
STREAK method: a teaching practice that supports students in a mixed classroom community [0.03%]
适用于混合课堂社区的STREAK教学法：支持学生学习
Kristi McElmurry,Danielle R D Saunders,Kimberly P Little et al.
Kristi McElmurry et al.
Every student, class, and semester is unique. Developing a welcoming classroom means that students with any combination of personal identifiers, demographics, or characteristics need to feel supported, significant, and integral to the cours...
A guided ungrading example for independent research projects in an upper-division ecosystem ecology STEM course [0.03%]
一种在高年级生态系统生态学STEM课程中进行独立研究项目的指导性非评分方法的实例
Christine S O&#x;Connell
Christine S O&#x;Connell
Ungrading is a pedagogical approach that, in some iterations, emphasizes formative feedback and student self-assessment over traditional point-based grading. While increasingly popular in the humanities and social sciences, ungrading remain...
From Jurassic Park to Pokémon: a pop culture-based science communication project for the biology classroom [0.03%]
从侏罗纪公园到精灵宝可梦：一种基于流行文化的生物课堂科学交流项目
Alexander Eden
Alexander Eden
Students often arrive in science classrooms with understandings shaped by popular media, where scientific concepts are frequently misrepresented. Rather than dismissing these portrayals, this assignment leverages them to enhance science lit...
Mehri Azizi,Bryan Dewsbury
Mehri Azizi
This study examines the self-reflections of first-year life science students enrolled in introductory biology courses across three institution types. Using an abductive analysis approach, we analyzed written reflections from 390 students to...
A model for using discussion preparation meetings to promote graduate teaching assistant discipline-specific pedagogy training [0.03%]
一种促进研究生助教学科特定教学培训的讨论准备会议模型
Shana R Welles,Petra Kranzfelder
Shana R Welles
Teaching discussion courses requires skill in teaching specific content at a specific level in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) courses. This skill is best developed through discipline-specific training; however, the...
Using abandoned model systems and historical literature to teach modern concepts and techniques in cell biology [0.03%]
利用废弃的模型系统和历史文献来教授细胞生物学中的现代概念和技术
Leocadia V Paliulis,Gunar Fabig,Sandra Stein et al.
Leocadia V Paliulis et al.
The cell biology literature of the 19th and early-to-mid 20th centuries is full of the seminal works that were critical for the development of our current understanding of biology but were done using model systems that are no longer commonl...
Qualitative analysis of students' perceptions of active learning practices in a highly structured microbiology course provides support for implementation of flipped and interactive classroom activities [0.03%]
定性分析高度结构化的微生物学课程中学生对主动学习实践的看法，为翻转课堂和互动课堂活动的实施提供支持
Megan Moran,Kayla Jean,Barbara Graham et al.
Megan Moran et al.
Despite evidence that active learning practices (ALPs) increase student success and reduce the opportunity gap in historically marginalized students, lecturing alone is still being used as a primary teaching strategy. Perceptions that stude...
Professionalization of an Undergraduate Teaching Assistant program to increase participation and build career skills [0.03%]
本科生助教项目的专业化以提高参与度和培养职业技能
Aisling S Dugan,Kristina Monteiro,Toni-Marie Achilli
Aisling S Dugan
Undergraduate Teaching Assistant (UTA) positions offer valuable benefits for student learning, leadership development, and resume building. Here, we share the multi-year transformation of our biology UTA program, which was designed to incre...