… first block of the molecular biology course offered to students enrolled in winter 2011 (graduating
class of 2013). A total of 166 students were enrolled in the course, which included 92 …

… the fact that the general biology course included two sections taught by the same instructor.
This allowed us to have an experimental and control section of the course (chosen randomly)…

… biology course for nonmajors more relevant and engaging , we recently implemented an
instructional approach featuring collaborative , active-learning exercises. … included the class' …

… biology students usually prepare for practical classes, and whether they felt “well-prepared”
for practical classes … site, were collected via the course item usage reports in Web-CT Vista. …

… However, typical of introductory biology courses, … exercises in class. It is clear that if more
knowledge-level information could be moved out of lecture, there would be more time in class …

… In this paper, we describe six activities that biology instructors can use to teach … This course
was the third in a three-semester sequence of introductory biology courses for biology majors …

… poor performance in some classes, we developed a hybrid course (combination of online …
effectiveness of introductory environmental biology courses. In our hybrid course, we provided …

… discussing course content. In class Cooperative Learning exercises reinforce course content
in … Other features of JiTT, such as“ What is Biology Good For,” make clear the relevance of …

… We believe that this course structure substitutes for both the lecture material and portions
of the textbook used in the classroom sections of Introductory Biology. All relevant information …

… This was a homework exercise given to students in an introductory course in general biology…
, we examined student questions in classes that expose freshman biology students to two …