Finding Some Good in an Invasive Species: Introduction and Assessment of a Novel CURE to Improve Experimental Design in Undergraduate Biology Classrooms
| Autor: | Brad Elder, Erin L. Doyle, Kate Marley, Brett J Schofield, Scott Dworak, Melissa Clouse, Ramesh Laungani, Tessa Durham Brooks, Barbara Clement, Colby Tanner |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2018 |
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0301 basic medicine
QH301-705.5 education ComputerApplications_COMPUTERSINOTHERSYSTEMS SEA-PHAGES Task completion GeneralLiterature_MISCELLANEOUS General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Education invasive species 03 medical and health sciences ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Biology (General) Curriculum Research question lcsh:QH301-705.5 CURE Medical education undergraduate lcsh:LC8-6691 LC8-6691 General Immunology and Microbiology lcsh:Special aspects of education Research 05 social sciences 050301 education EDAT Special aspects of education Test (assessment) 030104 developmental biology Undergraduate research lcsh:Biology (General) Vision & Change General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 19, Iss 2 (2018) Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| ISSN: | 1935-7885 1935-7877 |
| Popis: | Reports such as Vision and Change in Undergraduate Biology Education call for integration of course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) into biology curricula and less emphasis on “cookbook” laboratories. CUREs, often characterized by a single open-ended research question, allow students to develop hypotheses, design experiments, and collaborate with peers. Conversely, “cookbook” labs incentivize task completion and have pre-determined experimental outcomes. While research comparing CUREs and “cookbook” labs is growing, there are fewer comparisons among CUREs. Here, we present a novel CURE built around an invasive grass, Bromus inermis . We evaluated this CURE’s effectiveness in improving students’ understanding of the Vision and Change competency relating to the application of the scientific process through development and testing of hypotheses. We did so by comparing changes in pre- and posttest scores on the Experimental Design Ability Test (EDAT) between Brome CURE students and students in a concurrent CURE, SEA-PHAGES. While students in both CUREs showed improvements at the end of the semester, Brome CURE students showed a greater increase in EDAT scores than did SEA-PHAGES CURE students. Additionally, Brome CURE students had significantly higher gains in 6 of the 10 EDAT criteria. We conclude that the Brome CURE is an effective ecological parallel to the SEA-PHAGES CURE and can help students gain a meaningful understanding of Vision and Change competencies. Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
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