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    Questions For Biology: Concept Inventories for Biological Concepts
    The Questions For Biology (Q4B) team aims to create validated concept inventories for use in diagnosing student misconceptions, informing teaching practices and tracking learning gains across a...

    Keywords: assessmentConcept inventoriesconcept inventory

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    Exploring Detritus-Based Food Webs in Streams
    This two-part field lesson for mid- to upper-level undergraduates connects allochthonous inputs to the invertebrate consumers that depend on them. After preparing students with background...

    Keywords: aquatic macroinvertebratesfunctional feeding groupallochthonousorganic matterleaf packRiver Field Studies Network

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    Undergraduate data science: Biological connections and assessing impacts
    Presentation made by Lou Gross et al. as part of the "Bringing Research Data to the Ecology Classroom: Opportunities, Barriers, and Next Steps” Session at the Ecological Society of America...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    The Flight Physics Concept Inventory: Reliably Evaluating Aerodynamic Lift, Drag and Associated (Naïve) Concepts of Flight in Class and In-Game
    Students often struggle to transfer conceptual understanding from isolated instruction to a coherent mental model. This is especially true for the context of flight physics, fluid dynamics, or the...

    Keywords: active learninggamificationmisconceptionsaerodynamicsfluid dynamicsResearch-based assessment instrumentConceptual SurveyPRE-/POST-test

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    2012-Ogunrinde-Sunday-On some models based on second order differential equation
    This paper presents some models based on second order differential equations. Such models include interaction between different kinds of species in an environment and pricing policy for optimum...

    Keywords: species interactionpricing policyoptimal inventory

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    2015 BEER Minisymposium: QUBES: Online community and resources for quantitative biology education
    Presentations included in a minisymposium at the Eighth International Symposium on BEER, Illinois State University, Normal, IL

    Keywords: QUBESminisymposium

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    Frayer model growth mindset
    A Frayer model worksheet for the concept of growth mindset.

    Keywords: growth mindsetFrayer model

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    It's a Substrate... It's a Protein...No - It's an Enzyme! Teaching Using 3D Serine Protease Physical Modeling Activities to Confront Misconceptions.
    Reported misconceptions of enzyme-substrate interactions highlight the necessity for better, targeted instructional tools and assessments. A series of active learning activities with corresponding...

    Keywords: Protein StructureEnzymes-Substrate InteractionsNoncovalent InteractionsGeometric ComplementaryElectronicsStereochemistrySerine Proteases

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    Resources for Assessing Educational Interventions in Biology at the Collegiate Level
    Most scientific research is judged based on the quality of controlled experiments and carefully analyzed results. In addition, proper levels of regulation in terms of biosafety and animal usage are...

    Keywords: researchassessmentpedagogylearning gainsIRBregulatory compliance

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    Concept mapping exercise for ecological news story and peer feedback
    This activity is designed for small groups to work together in class to create a concept map based upon an ecological news story. Any short news story can be selected. One is provided here, along...

    Keywords: ecologysystems thinkingconcept mappingpeer feedbackin-class exercise

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    Meiosis: A Play in Three Acts, Starring DNA Sequence
    Meiosis is well known for being a sticky topic that appears repeatedly in biology curricula. We observe that a typical undergraduate biology major cannot correctly identify haploid and diploid...

    Keywords: recombinationmeiosisDNA sequenceCrossingoverchromosome structureHolliday junctionhomology

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    What is Speciation, How Does It Occur, and Why Is It Important for Conservation?
    Speciation provides a framework for classifying biodiversity on Earth and is a central concept in evolutionary biology. To help undergraduate students learn about speciation, we designed a...

    Keywords: EvolutionconservationGenetic DriftSpeciationNatural SelectionBiological species conceptgene flowMorphological species conceptPhylogenetic species concept

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    A Simple Method for Predicting a Molecule's Biological Properties From Its Polarity
    The distinction between very polar and less polar substances is a foundation of biochemistry, cell biology, and physiology; it surfaces in multiple concept inventories and elaborations of...

    Keywords: Diffusionsolubilitycovalent bondshydrophilichydrophobicpartition coefficientplasma membranepolarity

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    The Inside and Outside the Body
    The Inside and Outside the Body activity helps students develop a conceptual understanding of anatomical barriers such as skin and mucus membranes that separate internal cells and fluids from the...

    Keywords: structureAnatomybarriers

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    GMC: Genes, Mutations and Cancer - Group Concept Map Development
    It has been shown that active learning strategies used in the classroom can increase student learning and retention of information. We generated an active learning exercise that can be used in the...

    Keywords: mutationcancerCell Division

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    Three Research-Based Quantitative Reasoning Modules for Introductory Organismal Biology Laboratories
    We have designed three laboratory modules for an introductory organismal biology course with an emphasis on quantitative reasoning and data analysis skills. Module 1 tests for dimorphism in...

    Keywords: allometryplantsAnatomytranspirationdimorphisminvertebrate biologyarthropodsplatyhelminths

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    Mysterious Occurrences: Representation, Resiliency, and Redundancy in Native Plant Populations
    Meet Dr. Rachel Hackett, a conservation plant biologist at the Michigan Natural Features Inventory.  We learn about Rachel's job and the restoration of threatened and endangered species. Rachel...

    Keywords: digital resourcesendangered speciesconservation sciencePlant Resilienceplant biodiversitydata skills

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    2012-R_B_Ogunrinde-J_Sunday-On_some_models_based_on_second_order_differential_equations
    This paper presents some models based on second order differential equations. This is a very straightforward article with good explanations of modeling assumptions.

    Keywords: combatcombat modelspecies interaction

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    Following the Data - PowerPoint Addition to Module
    This PowerPoint presentation guides instructors and students through the key background information for the module.
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    The Tentative Nature of Science
    This part focuses on the tentative nature of science

    Keywords: scienceCOVID19Tentative Nature

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