Research and Teaching: Virtually the Same: A Comparison of STEM Students’ Content Knowledge, Course Performance, and Motivation to Learn in Virtual and Face-to-Face Introductory Biology Laboratories

by: Amber J. Reece and Malcolm B. Butler

Biology I is a required course for many STEM majors and is often their first college-level laboratory experience. The replacement of the traditional face-to-face laboratory experience with virtual laboratories could influence students’ content knowledge, motivation to learn biology, and overall course performance.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2017Stock # jcst17_046_03_83Volume 046Issue 03

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