Open educational resources, or OER, are teaching materials that reside in the public domain
and are available under an open license. While the creation of high-quality materials and …

Hel** faculty develop high-quality instruction that positively affects student learning can be
complicated by time limitations, a lack of resources, and inexperience using student data to …

The essence of molecular biology education lies in understanding of gene expression, with
subtopics including the central dogma processes, such as transcription and translation …

Concepts of molecular biology and genetics are difficult for many biology undergraduate
students to master yet are crucial for deep understanding of how life works. By asking …

A new assessment tool, Ecology and Evolution–M easuring A chievement and P rogression
in S cience or EcoEvo-MAPS, measures student thinking in ecology and evolution during an …

The focus of biology education has shifted from memorization to conceptual understanding
of core biological concepts such as matter and energy relationships. To examine …

We conducted a study of 19 biology instructors participating in small, local groups at six
research-intensive universities connected to the Automated Analysis of Constructed …

The transition to online learning in spring 2020 was abrupt for both students and instructors.
While many instructors moved to asynchronous classes, some institutions relied more …

The structure and function relationship is a core concept identified by physiology faculty.
Prior research has shown this may be a difficult concept for students to understand …

Many studies over the past 20 years have described the advantages, for both students and
instructors, of using clickers to ask conceptual questions in science classrooms. In biology …