Learners' challenges in understanding and performing experiments: a systematic review of the literature

J Kranz, A Baur, A Möller - Studies in Science Education, 2023 - Taylor & Francis
In today's world shaped by technology and the natural sciences, knowledge and skills
related to experimentation are crucial, especially given growing public debates about …

[HTML][HTML] Assessing student errors in experimentation using artificial intelligence and large language models: A comparative study with human raters

A Bewersdorff, K Seßler, A Baur, E Kasneci… - … and Education: Artificial …, 2023 - Elsevier
Identifying logical errors in complex, incomplete or even contradictory and overall
heterogeneous data like students' experimentation protocols is challenging. Recognizing …

Development and Evaluation of the Tigriopus Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience: Impacts on Students' Content Knowledge, Attitudes, and …

JT Olimpo, GR Fisher… - CBE—Life Sciences …, 2016 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Within the past decade, course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have
emerged as a viable mechanism to enhance novices' development of scientific reasoning …

What influences students' abilities to critically evaluate scientific investigations?

AB Heim, C Walsh, D Esparza, MK Smith, NG Holmes - Plos one, 2022 - journals.plos.org
Critical thinking is the process by which people make decisions about what to trust and what
to do. Many undergraduate courses, such as those in biology and physics, include critical …

Anticipated learning outcomes for a biochemistry course‐based undergraduate research experience aimed at predicting protein function from structure: Implications …

SM Irby, NJ Pelaez, TR Anderson - Biochemistry and Molecular …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Several course‐based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been published
in the literature. However, only limited attempts have been made to rigorously identify the …

Backward designing a lab course to promote authentic research experience according to students' gains in research abilities

Z Cheng, TR Anderson, NJ Pelaez - Trends in Teaching Experimentation …, 2022 - Springer
The consensus among educators across the science disciplines is for undergraduate
education to include authentic research and scientific practices in science, technology …

How to identify the research abilities that instructors anticipate students will develop in a biochemistry course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE)

SM Irby, NJ Pelaez, TR Anderson - CBE—Life Sciences Education, 2018 - Am Soc Cell Biol
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) have been described in a
range of educational contexts. Although various anticipated learning outcomes (ALOs) have …

Comparing study features is easy but identifying next steps is hard: Evaluating critical thinking through the Biology Lab Inventory of Critical Thinking in Ecology

AB Heim, D Esparza, NG Holmes… - Ecology and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Critical thinking, which can be defined as the evidence‐based ways in which people decide
what to trust and what to do, is an important competency included in many undergraduate …

Imagining, designing, and interpreting experiments: Using quantitative assessment to improve instruction in scientific reasoning

AB Coleman, K Lorenzo, F McLamb… - Biochemistry and …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Effectively teaching scientific reasoning requires an understanding of the challenges
students face when learning these skills. We designed an assessment that measures …

Measuring integrated understanding of undergraduate chemistry research experiences: Assessing oral and written research artifacts

MR Helix, LE Coté, CN Stachl, MC Linn… - … Research and Practice, 2022 - pubs.rsc.org
Understanding the impact of undergraduate research experiences (UREs) and course-
based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) is crucial as universities debate the …