Research and Teaching: Undergraduate Science Learners Show Comparable Outcomes Whether Taught by Undergraduate or Graduate Teaching Assistants

Journal Article | October 2014

This article describes a a comparison of student performance in a series of two introductory biology classes and one third-year class shows that students with graduate teaching assistant and undergraduate teaching…

Research and Teaching: Where do Ideas for Students Come From? Applying Constructivism and Textbook Problems in the Laboratory Experience

Journal Article | January 1997

When students are regimented by lab manuals that dictate what to think, how to think, and when to think, lab activities essentially lose impact for learning. A constructivist approach (as opposed to the constructivist…

Research and Teaching: "It's Not You, It's the Room"—Are the High-Tech, Active Learning Classrooms Worth It?

Journal Article | June 2013

This article compares student performance in traditional and active learning classrooms in a large, introductory biology course using the same syllabus, course goals, exams, and instructor.

Research and Teaching: Factors Related to College Students' Understanding of the Nature of Science: Comparison of Science Majors and Nonscience Majors

Journal Article | June 2013

In this study four instruments were administered to undergraduate biology students. The study examined the impact of one's acceptance and knowledge of evolution on understanding of Nature of Science among college…

Research and Teaching: How Do College Students Best Learn Science? An Assessment of Popular Teaching Styles and Their Effectiveness

Journal Article | April 2000

This paper is based on William Leonard’s “How Do College Students Learn Science?” Chapter 1 in Effective Teaching and Course Management for University and College Science Teachers, edited by E. Siebert, M. Caprio, and C…

Research on the River: High school and university students use technology and integrated science to study the quality of the James River

Journal Article | August 2000

This project—the JAMES (Joining Across Miles Environmental Systems)—gave high school students the chance to do research involving technology and integrated science and allowed university science methods students the…