Biology Education

Scott Freeman interviewed in The Chronicle of Higher Education on active learning

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Jon Herron wins 2022 Honors Excellence in Teaching Award

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Adam Steinbrenner in Nature on adapting to make hybrid academic research work

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On the relevance of regional collections: a perspective from a recent mammal collection in the heart of the Atlantic Forest hotspot in Brazil

Submitted by Edú-Guerra on Fri, Feb 11, 2022

Bissoli-Silva H, Guerra E, Lemes T, Silveira M, Nascimento Mdo, Leite Y, Costa L.  2021.  On the relevance of regional collections: a perspective from a recent mammal collection in the heart of the Atlantic Forest hotspot in Brazil. Brazilian Journal of Mammalogy.

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Yan Wang quoted in The Scientist on postdoc struggles in the pandemic

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Biology Greenhouse featured in UW Magazine

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Active learning:“Hands-on” meets “minds-on”

Submitted by Elli-Theobald on Mon, Oct 25, 2021

Yannier N, Hudson SE, Koedinger KR, Hirsh-Pasek K, Golinkoff RMichnick, Munakata Y, Doebel S, Schwartz DL, Deslauriers L, McCarty L et al..  2021.  Active learning:“Hands-on” meets “minds-on”. Science. 374:26–30.

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Student perception of group dynamics predicts individual performance: Comfort and equity matter

Submitted by Elli-Theobald on Mon, Oct 25, 2021

Theobald EJ, Eddy SL, Grunspan DZ, Wiggins BL, Crowe AJ.  2017.  Student perception of group dynamics predicts individual performance: Comfort and equity matter. PloS one. 12:e0181336.

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Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math

Submitted by Elli-Theobald on Mon, Oct 25, 2021

Theobald EJ, Hill MJ, Tran E, Agrawal S, E Arroyo N, Behling S, Chambwe N, Cintrón DLaboy, Cooper JD, Dunster G et al..  2020.  Active learning narrows achievement gaps for underrepresented students in undergraduate science, technology, engineering, and math. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 117:6476–6483.

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Ashley Paynter & "Decolonizing Science" podcast featured in Perspectives Newsletter

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