Measuring and Advancing Experimental Design Ability in an Introductory Course without Altering Existing Lab Curriculum
| Autor: | Heather R. Herdliska, Chuck L. Robertson, Anna M. Herdliksa, Ryan A. Shanks, Christian S. Haygood, Steven A. Lloyd |
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| Jazyk: | angličtina |
| Rok vydání: | 2017 |
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experimental design
QH301-705.5 introductory biology factor analysis 050109 social psychology General Biochemistry Genetics and Molecular Biology Education Mathematics education ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION 0501 psychology and cognitive sciences Biology (General) Curriculum lcsh:QH301-705.5 Structure (mathematical logic) lcsh:LC8-6691 General Immunology and Microbiology lcsh:Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Management science Research 05 social sciences 050301 education EDAT Special aspects of education Exploratory factor analysis Test (assessment) lcsh:Biology (General) overlay lab model General Agricultural and Biological Sciences 0503 education |
| Zdroj: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 18, Iss 1 (2017) Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| ISSN: | 1935-7877 1935-7885 |
| DOI: | 10.1128/jmbe.v18i1.1194 |
| Popis: | Introductory biology courses provide an important opportunity to prepare students for future courses, yet existing cookbook labs, although important in their own way, fail to provide many of the advantages of semester-long research experiences. Engaging, authentic research experiences aid biology students in meeting many learning goals. Therefore, overlaying a research experience onto the existing lab structure allows faculty to overcome barriers involving curricular change. Here we propose a working model for this overlay design in an introductory biology course and detail a means to conduct this lab with minimal increases in student and faculty workloads. Furthermore, we conducted exploratory factor analysis of the Experimental Design Ability Test (EDAT) and uncovered two latent factors which provide valid means to assess this overlay model’s ability to increase advanced experimental design abilities. In a pre-test/post-test design, we demonstrate significant increases in both basic and advanced experimental design abilities in an experimental and comparison group. We measured significantly higher gains in advanced experimental design understanding in students in the experimental group. We believe this overlay model and EDAT factor analysis contribute a novel means to conduct and assess the effectiveness of authentic research experiences in an introductory course without major changes to the course curriculum and with minimal increases in faculty and student workloads. |
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