Biology Education Research Projects

Look who’s talking

Teaching and discourse practices across discipline, position, experience, and class size in STEM college classrooms

Investigators: Jourjina Subih Alkhouri; Cristine Donham; Téa Pusey; Alexander Stivers; Adriana Signorini; Petra Kranzfelder

 

I will teach you here or there, I will try to teach you anywhere

Perceived supports and barriers for emergency remote teaching during COVID-19 pandemic

Investigators: Cristine Donham; Hillary A. Barron; Jourjina Subih Alkhouri; Maya Changaran Kumarath; Wesley Alejandro; Erik Menke; Petra Kranzfelder

 

Instructor and classroom characteristics related to implementation of active learning

Investigators: Kameryn Denaro; Petra Kranzfelder; Melinda Owens; Brian Sato; Austin Zuckerman; Rebecca Hardesty; Adriana Signorini; Andrea Aebersold; Mayank Verma; Stanley Lo

 

Collaborative Teaching Plus (CT+)

A timely, flexible, and dynamic course design to improve instruction and the student learning experience in introductory biology courses

Investigators: Kamal S. Dulai, Petra Kranzfelder, Adriana Signorini, Tea S. Pusey, Andrea Presas Valencia, Christian Urbina, and Néstor J. Oviedo

 

Breakout Rooms, Polling, and Chat, Oh My! The Development and Validation of Online COPUS

Investigators: Téa S. Pusey, Andrea Presas Valencia, and Adriana Signorini, and Petra Kranzfelder

 

Cross-campus DART comparison by instructor type

Investigators: Austin, Melinda, Jeff, Mike, Petra, Kameryn

 

Discourse practices in remote learning environments

Investigators: SATAL interns, Adriana, and Petra

 

Conceptions, approaches, and practices of teaching and learning

Investigators: Amber, Nicole, Stanley, Erik, Petra

 

Transforming Teaching and Learning in the Sciences at a Hispanic-Serving Institution through a Graduate Teaching Assistant Program

Investigators: Laura, Erik, Petra

 

Biology Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science or Bio-MAPS: Exploring students’ understanding of biology concepts across the Biology Program at UC Merced

Investigators: Cristie, Ayo, Jen, Petra