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Biology Education Research Projects and Publications

The following projects/papers were sponsored by and in collaboration with HHMI IE

 

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 S Pusey, Adriana Signorini, Alexander H Stivers, Petra Kranzfelder

 

Breakout Rooms, Polling, and Chat, Oh My!

The Development and Validation of Online COPUS

Investigators: Téa S. Pusey, Andrea Presas Valencia, Adriana Signorini,  View ORCID ProfilePetra 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

 

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

 

Active Learning in College Science

Investigators: Camfield, E. K., Beaster-Jones, L., Miller, A. D., Land, K. M. Using Writing in Science Class to Understand and Activate Student Engagement and Self-Efficacy. In J. J. Mintzes, E. M. Walter (Eds.), Berlin: Springer Nature. Publisher - Springer Nature.

 

A quantitative method for characterizing teacher discourse moves in undergraduate STEM learning environments

Investigators: Kranzfelder, P., J. Bankers-Fulbright, M. García-Ojeda, M.P. Melloy, S. Mohammed, and A.R. Warfa. The Classroom Discourse Observation Protocol (CDOP): PLOS ONE 14(7): e0219019

 

Instructional Practices in Reformed Undergraduate STEM Learning Environments: A Study of Instructor and Student Behaviors in Biology Courses. International Journal of Science Education

Investigators: Kranzfelder, P., A.T. Lo, M.P. Melloy, L.E. Walker, and A.R. Warfa.