Life Sciences
Bibliography
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Ebert-May, D., Hodder, J. , Williams, K., and Luckie, D. (2004). "Pathways to Scientific Teaching." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(6):323.
Ebert-May, D., Williams, K., Luckie, D., and Hodder, J. (2004). "Climate Change: Confronting Student Ideas." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(6):324-325.
Ebert-May, D. "Applying Principles of Learning: From Assessment to Research," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2004): http://www.reinventioncenter.miami.edu/Conference_04/Ebert_May/Presentation.htm
Elgin, Sarah C.R. "Bringing Research into the Classroom in the Life Sciences," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2004): http://www.reinventioncenter.miami.edu/Conference_04/Elgin/Presentation.htm
Full, Robert J. " The Reciprocal Relationships Among Research, Teaching, and Learning," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2006): http://www.reinventioncenter.miami.edu/conference2006/robertfull/summary.htm
Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment, Pathways to Scientific Teaching, access (http://first2.plantbiology.msu.edu/
Hammer, S. "Enhancing Biological Understanding Through Undergraduate Field Research." The Journal of General Education 50 (3), 192-201. 2001.
Handelsman, J., Ebert-May, D., Beichner, R., Bruns, P., Chang, A., DeHaan, R., Gentile, Lauffer S., Stewart, J., Tilghman, S.M., and Wood, W.B. (2004). "Scientific Teaching." Science 304 (5670): 521-522.
Hodder, J., Ebert-May, D., Williams, K., and Luckie, D. (2004). "Marine Pathology: Revealing the Ocean's Etiology to Earthbound Students." Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment 2(7):383-384.
Hoy, Ron. "Acknowledging Sound Knowledge," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov. 2006): http://www.reinventioncenter.miami.edu/conference2006/ronhoy/summary.htm
Klymkowsky, Michael, Garvin-Doxas, Kathy, and Zeilik, Michael. (2003). "Bioliteracy and Teaching Efficacy: What Biologists Can Learn from Physicists." Cell Biology Education, 2, 155-161.
Jones, Elizabeth. "Teaching and Learning in an Age of Technology: The Development of a Genetics Cognitive Tutor," Reinvention Center Conference (Nov.2004): http://www.reinventioncenter.miami.edu/Conference_04/Teaching_Learning_Age_Technology/Development_Genetics_Cognitive_Tutor.htm
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Web Sites and Survey Courses
Klymkowsky, Michael, University of Colorado at Boulder: A collection of content information about introductory courses in the biological sciences. www.bioliteracy.net
Developmental Biology Course, University of Colorado at Boulder: Web site provides a format for introducing reading and analysis of primary scientific literature into a large lecture course. http://www.colorado.edu/catalog/current/search.pl?abbr=MCDB&num=4650
Six-Star Science: The American Physiological Society offers a community archive of "learning objects," or instructional materials, for teaching science to K-12 students and physiology to undergraduate, graduate, and professional students. The site also solicits contributions, which are reviewed by a committee before inclusion on the archive. http://www.the-aps.org/education/sixstarscience/index.htm
Course and Curricular Innovation
Research Explorations in Genomics, Washington University in St. Louis: A research-based course for upper-level students. http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/Bio4342/bio4342.html
Studying the Genetic Basis of Disease Using Web-Based Bioinformatics Tools, Washington University in St. Louis: A computer-based research lab developed to provide an investigatory experience within a lecture course, to create a format for group work, and to introduce students to web-based bioinformatics tools and databases. http://www.nslc.wustl.edu/courses/Bio3055/bio3055.html
Undergraduate Quantitative Biology, University of California, Davis: A portal for the quantitative biology program which includes information on their intercollegiate minor in quantitative biology and bioinformatics, upper and lower division math and biology courses, and research opportunities. The "Modeling in Biology" course introduces students to quantitative approaches to biology using the software package Mathcad. The web site includes example Mathcad modules. http://quantbio.ucdavis.edu/
Stanford Biology 54: Instruction in basic lab techniques and design of independent projects for undergraduate biology and pre-med majors. It is part of the Stanford pre-grad program: http://pregrad.stanford.edu/
Tools
Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology course website, University of Colorado at Boulder: http://mcdb.colorado.edu/undergraduate/courses
Conference/Workshop
National Academies Summer Institutes on Undergraduate Education in Biology http://www.academiessummerinstitute.org/
Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST2), led by Dr. Diane Ebert-May, Michigan State University. www.first2.org