The impact of external resource use on the validity of score interpretation for a biology concept assessment administered out-of-class [0.03%]
关于课外进行的生物学概念评估中外部资源使用对评分解释有效性的影响
Tiffany J Burgess,Crystal Uminski,Gia Alicea et al.
Tiffany J Burgess et al.
Instructors use concept assessments to gauge student knowledge and guide course improvement. Many instructors experience time and logistical constraints around administering these assessments in class. For this reason, administering concept...
Students as science communicators: using podcast creation and reflection via collaborative autoethnography to develop students' science communication skills [0.03%]
以学生为主体的科学传播：利用合作自传民族志进行广播节目创作与反思以提高学生们的科学传播能力
Nicole C Kelp,Georgina Concha Paredes,Lauren Ea et al.
Nicole C Kelp et al.
Undergraduate science students will have opportunities, in their personal lives and future careers, to be science communicators. However, they must be trained in effective approaches to science communication. One medium by which students ca...
Characterizing Introductory Biology instructors' understanding of metacognition and its role in supporting undergraduate student learning [0.03%]
介绍生物教师对元认知及其在支持大学生学习中的作用的理解特征
Carissa J Kohlwey,Jerzie Johnson,Simran Dhillon et al.
Carissa J Kohlwey et al.
Since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic in March 2020 that initiated the transition to online classrooms, metacognition has become increasingly essential for both instruction and student learning. In the post-pandemic environment, understa...
Teaching critical and systems thinking early: building the cognitive infrastructure for informed judgment and responsible citizenship [0.03%]
早期教学批判性和系统性思维：构建知情判断和负责任公民意识的认知基础设施
Lara Amorim
Lara Amorim
This editorial argues for teaching critical thinking and systems thinking explicitly and early using small, repeatable classroom reasoning routines that strengthen students' ability to evaluate evidence, justify claims, and anticipate trade...
Harnessing synthetic circuits to illuminate microbial electron transfer: a perspective on engineered metabolism [0.03%]
合成电路揭示微生物电子传递机制——工程代谢展望
Wilgince Apollon,Soumya Ghosh,Sathish-Kumar Kamaraj
Wilgince Apollon
Synthetic biology is transforming how we understand and teach microbial energy metabolism. In a recent study (F. Li, B. Zhang, X. Long, H. Yu, et al., Nat Commun 16:2882, 2025, https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-025-57497-z), the authors demons...
Overproduction of a recombinant heat-stable catalase for use in an extremophile enzyme lab exercise [0.03%]
耐热型催化酶过量生产在极端环境生物酶实验中的应用研究
Joseph W Scott,Adam Cusolito,J Jordan Steel
Joseph W Scott
The manganese-dependent catalase of Pyrobaculum calidifontis, a facultative aerobe that grows optimally at 90 ˚C, has been previously used in a teaching lab to highlight salient characteristics of hyperthermophilic extremophiles. However, ...
From BioSkills to LifeSkills-a framework for developing life skills for non-science majors in introductory life science courses [0.03%]
从生物技能到生活技能——为非理科专业学生开设的基础生命科学课程中生活技能培养框架
Davida S Smyth,Sam Donovan,Melanie Lenahan et al.
Davida S Smyth et al.
Over a decade ago, the national "Vision and Change" report articulated the critical need to reform undergraduate biology education. Since its introduction, reform efforts guided by V&C have focused primarily on the biology major, with less ...
Curating lesson level learning objectives for non-majors introductory biology [0.03%]
非生物专业入门生物学的课程目标设定
Peggy Brickman,Cara Gormally
Peggy Brickman
Biology faculty have consensus-based guidelines based on Vision and Change principles about what to teach introductory biology majors. In contrast, faculty have not reached a consensus concerning the learning goals for introductory non-majo...
A course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE) designed for modern genetics and biodiversity courses using a classroom benchtop sequencer [0.03%]
一种基于课程的本科生研究经验(CURE)，用于现代遗传学和生物多样性课程，使用教室台式测序仪
Erika T Ebbs,Allyson Barredo,Amelia Whitehurst et al.
Erika T Ebbs et al.
Modern genetics increasingly relies on genomic data sets to address medical, ecological, and evolutionary questions. Investigating these questions requires a diverse set of core competencies in wet-lab techniques, data analysis, and bioinfo...
Taking microbial art beyond the laboratory: safe, simple, and scalable public engagement at the Osaka Expo [0.03%]
超越实验室的微生物艺术：大阪博览会上的安全、简单的公共参与活动
Zen-Ichiro Kimura,Yuki Iwasaki,Takahisa Shigematsu
Zen-Ichiro Kimura
Public perceptions of microbes remain predominantly negative, often emphasizing contamination and disease rather than their roles in food, ecosystems, and health. Hands-on microbial art has emerged as a promising way to make microbial life ...