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Biology Students Math Attitudes and Anxiety Program
Using the Biology Students Math Attitudes and Anxiety Program (BIOMAAP) and Universal Design for Learning practices to increase students’ confidence and skills in quantitative biology
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Goals
- Implement strategies and ready-to-use teaching materials to affect math attitudes and anxiety across general themes such as metacognition, growth mindset, learning progressions, model thinking, and data visualization.
- Analyze existing alignment between the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework and BIOMAAP materials.
- Apply Universal Design for Learning principles to BIOMAAP materials and your curriculum.
- Establish learning environments that are accessible and appropriately challenging for all students.
Mentors
- Andrew Hasley, BioQUEST
- Kristin Jenkins, BioQUEST
- Hayley Orndorf, QUBES
- Jeremy Wojdak, Radford University
- Arietta Fleming-Davies, Radford University
Final Products
(Online) Figure of the Week: Skills for Interpreting Comparative Genomics Figures
Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Figure of the Day v1.0
Value of Mistakes. Making Mistakes Using R
Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Value of Mistakes v1.0
Figure of the Day: Identifying Ambiguity and Biases in Data Figures
Version: 1.0 Adapted From: Figure of the Day v1.0