AbstractMany first-year university courses are large and content-driven, which can contribute to low student engagement and difficulty involving students in the dynamic, cross-disciplinary nature of inquiry. Learning communities can address these goals, but their implementation often poses logistical challenges, especially in large courses. Here, we apply learning communities using a linked-course model to enhance student engagement and inquiry across three large, first-year biology courses. These three courses (Discovering Biodiversity, Molecular and Cell Biology, and Biological Concepts of Health) offer different contexts for biological inquiry, introduce key biological concepts, and are connected through jointly mapped learning outcomes,...
Traditional university teaching of undergraduate biochemistry is generally delivered in lectures and...
This study, conducted at the University of Wollongong (2010-2011), evaluated assessment tasks introd...
Undergraduate introductory biology courses are changing based on our growing understanding of how st...
Many first-year university courses are large and content-driven, which can contribute to low student...
Educational techniques that improve student engagement have repeatedly been shown to improve perform...
AbstractLarge first-year biology classes, with their heavy emphasis on factual content, contribute t...
This paper reports on a journey that has seen the remodelling and redevelopment over a ten year peri...
University instructors are challenged to involve large student populations with varying pre-existing...
Recent interest in learning communities indicates appreciation for the value of interdisciplinary st...
This project aligns science teaching and learning to the scientific research method using an approac...
Adapting an existing introductory biology course to make it interdisciplinary and successful is an i...
This design-based research study examined the ways in which a learning community approach can be ena...
This design-based research (DBR) study examined the ways in which a learning community approach can ...
This session will explore how one large university is approaching the issue of retention and student...
[EN] Improving the quality of learning in a blended learning environment for first-year biology Ab...
Traditional university teaching of undergraduate biochemistry is generally delivered in lectures and...
This study, conducted at the University of Wollongong (2010-2011), evaluated assessment tasks introd...
Undergraduate introductory biology courses are changing based on our growing understanding of how st...
Many first-year university courses are large and content-driven, which can contribute to low student...
Educational techniques that improve student engagement have repeatedly been shown to improve perform...
AbstractLarge first-year biology classes, with their heavy emphasis on factual content, contribute t...
This paper reports on a journey that has seen the remodelling and redevelopment over a ten year peri...
University instructors are challenged to involve large student populations with varying pre-existing...
Recent interest in learning communities indicates appreciation for the value of interdisciplinary st...
This project aligns science teaching and learning to the scientific research method using an approac...
Adapting an existing introductory biology course to make it interdisciplinary and successful is an i...
This design-based research study examined the ways in which a learning community approach can be ena...
This design-based research (DBR) study examined the ways in which a learning community approach can ...
This session will explore how one large university is approaching the issue of retention and student...
[EN] Improving the quality of learning in a blended learning environment for first-year biology Ab...
Traditional university teaching of undergraduate biochemistry is generally delivered in lectures and...
This study, conducted at the University of Wollongong (2010-2011), evaluated assessment tasks introd...
Undergraduate introductory biology courses are changing based on our growing understanding of how st...