The Tree of Life

19 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Arietta Fleming-Davies, Julie Morris, Sarah Orlofske, Ellen Wisner

     Transforming the "parade of phyla" into an integrated curriculum emphasizing evolutionary concepts, tree-thinking, and quantitative reasoning skills Our goal is to create an integrated curriculum that emphasizes evolutionary concepts, tree-thinking,...

QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education

22 Jul 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Sam S Donovan

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/232This was a poster session at the 2015 Ecological Society of America meeting in Baltimore, MD.Ecology has developed into a field with a strong emphasis on quantitative research. As a result,...

Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Teaching Scholarship in Quantitative Biology Education

06 Apr 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Jeremy M Wojdak, Kristin Jenkins

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/205/Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) are designed to support the development of teaching scholarship by promoting teacher identity, self-efficacy, and knowledge/experience via four core design...

Faculty Mentoring Networks: A model for professional development in undergraduate quantitative biology education

17 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Alison N Hale, Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Melissa Aikens, Sam S Donovan, Kristin Jenkins, Jeremy M Wojdak

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/208There is a significant need to design and test alternative models for faculty development around undergraduate science teaching. Existing models for helping faculty adopt evidence-based...

Cultivating Your Growth Mindset

22 Jun 2018 | Software (On-site) | Contributor(s): Kika Tuff, Jeremy M Wojdak, Arietta Fleming-Davies

Learn what a growth mindset is and how it improves learning

Confronting the challenges of bringing research data into undergraduate classrooms using online faculty mentoring networks

07 Nov 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Arietta Fleming-Davies, Gabriela Hamerlinck, Alison N Hale, Tom Langen, Teresa Mourad, Kristin Jenkins, Sam S Donovan

This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/327Using ecological research data in undergraduate courses has many potential benefits for student learning.  Students gain knowledge of ecological concepts, increased understanding of the...