Review of Paper (Discussed 12/14/15) "From Biology to Mathematical Models and Back: Teaching Modeling to Biology Students, and Biology to Math and Engineering Students" by Chiel, McManus, and Shaw Entry #248 23 Dec 2015 5:15 pm Richard Schugart 0 comments In this article, the authors describe a course they developed that "teaches modeling to biology students, and biology to math and engineering students," as the title suggests. Students were recruited primarily through advertising and e-mails to department chairs. To...
Dec 16th: The utility of mathematical models in evolutionary biology Entry #232 08 Dec 2015 12:54 pm Joe Dauer 2 comments Hello everyone, Joe D will be leading a discussion on Wednesday, Dec 16th at 11 am CT on the essay "Not Just a Theory - the utility of mathematical models in evolutionary biology by Servedio et al. PLoS Biology 2014. The link to the paper is: DOI: 10.1371/journal.pbio.1002017. It is an...
Dec 2nd: Modeling scientific processes with mathematics equations enhances student qualitative conceptual understanding and quantitative problem solving Entry #223 25 Nov 2015 4:42 pm Melissa Aikens 1 comments On Wed., Dec., 2nd at 12pm Eastern, Melissa will present the paper: Modeling scientific processes with mathematics equations enhances student qualitative conceptual understanding and quantitative problem solving by Schuchardt and Schunn. ABSTRACT: Amid calls for integrating science,...
Analyzing Students’ Understanding of Models and Modeling Referring to the Disciplines Biology, Chemistry, and Physics Entry #221 24 Nov 2015 6:48 am Drew LaMar 0 comments Hi, everyone. I'll be leading a discussion on the following paper on Monday, November 30, at 10 am. Hope to see you there! Krell, Moritz, Reinisch, Bianca, Krüger, Dirk, (2015), "Analyzing Students’ Understanding of Models and Modeling Referring to the Disciplines...
Discussion of Mathematical manipulative models: In defense of “Beanbag Biology” pushed back to Dec 4. Entry #216 19 Nov 2015 11:35 am Sam S Donovan 0 comments Hi Folks, I will lead a discussion of this paper on Friday December 4th from 2:00-2:30. Jungck, J. R., Gaff, H., & Weisstein, A. E. (2010). Mathematical manipulative models: In defense of “Beanbag Biology”. CBE-Life Sciences Education,9(3), 201-211. Access...
Drew presenting "Developing a learning progression for scientific modeling: Making scientific modeling accessible and meaningful for learners" Entry #200 09 Nov 2015 5:59 am Drew LaMar 3 comments Reference: Schwarz, Christina V., Reiser, Brian J., Davis, Elizabeth A., Kenyon, Lisa, Achér, Andres, Fortus, David, Shwartz, Yael, Hug6, Barbara, Krajcik, Joe, (2009), "
Wednesday Nov 18 Strategies of Modeling in Biology Education (Svoboda and Passmore, 2011) Entry #192 05 Nov 2015 10:07 am Kristin Jenkins 1 comments Kristin will lead a discussion of a paper Sam Donovan included in the working group collection of papers: Svoboda, J., Passmore, C. 2011. The Strategies of Modeling in Biology Education. Science and Education 22(1):119-142 This paper gives a nice overview of modeling as an instructional tool....
Black Box Journal Club Entry #191 05 Nov 2015 9:59 am Kristin Jenkins 0 comments The NIMBioS Working Group Unpacking the Black Box is hosting a journal club around the topic of teaching modeling in undergraduate biology courses. Our goal is to survey the literature to get a better sense of what is known about how to use models to increase student understanding of...
