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    Effects of Laptop Use on Student Learning
    Resource from the 2015 BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: classroomcurriculumlecture slidescourselaptopstudent learningsyllabusin-class activity

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    Learning Journal Assignment on Learning Spaces
    Learning Spaces are the zones where interaction between students & students and students & professor occurs. The learning spaces are of two types major learning space and minor...

    Keywords: mathematicsactive learningstembiologyeducatorsfaculty developmentenvironmental sciencephysicschemistrysciencecritical thinkingFacultyTeachers traininglearning spaceteacher professional development

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    Universal Design for Learning - Faculty Mentoring Network Introduction
    Overview of Universal Design for Learning, presented to a faculty mentoring network during a virtual meeting

    Keywords: Universal Design for LearningUDL

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    Evaluation of DEIJ practices in learning spaces
    Our Accelerating Systemic Change Network (ASCN) Working Group 5 is a group which focuses on DEIJ - Diversity, Equity, Inclusive and Justice. Taking into account the evolution of learning...

    Keywords: stemassessmentUndergraduatescienceFacultyriosDEIJASCNlearning space

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    Reflective Writing Tools: Building Skills and Habits of Thinking in Becoming a Scientist
    Reflective writing tools are intended to help students better connect current learning experiences to prior learning, engage the role of emotion in current and future learning, and assess learning...

    Keywords: STEM educationreflective writingMentorshipambiguityindependenceperseverance

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    Using Podcasts as a Supplemental Learning Tool for Genetics
    Genetics is a fascinating topic of biology. Establishing relevance is a key component of student learning. To increase learning, this resource includes summaries and teaching guides for integrating...

    Keywords: geneticspodcasts

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    Learning Frameworks Aid Goal-oriented Course Design
    As a new instructor it can be hard to know where to begin. Thankfully, CourseSource's learning frameworks (https://www.coursesource.org/courses) shaped my approach to teaching as a first year...

    Keywords: backward designlearning goalscourse design

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    1994-Brian_Winkel-Designated_Student_Grading _as_a_Learning_Device
    We describe how we engaged students in the course to grade regular homework assignments of that same class and the added learning opportunities in doing so.

    Keywords: student grader

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    An Adaptation of "Plants in the Human-Altered Environment (PHAE)" for 100% Remote Learning at East Stroudsburg University
    PHAE is a project to compare effects of landscape alteration intensities on plant diversity. This adaptation modified and extends the modules to suit fully remote learning (data collected...

    Keywords: erenNEONdiversitybiomass4DEE Frameworkecosystemsocioeconomic effects

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    Active Learning: Developing Self-Directed Learners Through Strong Intellectual Engagement
    When they were students, many current science instructors learned through traditional lectures. This mode of passive knowledge transmission has been shown to be less effective for student learning...

    Keywords: active learningmetacognitionconstructivism

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    Preparing Student Study Guides through Peer Collaboration in the Technological Era
    Incorporating active learning exercises into large lecture courses is particularly challenging, especially when it comes to examination preparation materials. Traditionally, study guides are used...

    Keywords: active learningDiscussionStudy Skills

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    Tying it All Together: An Activity to Help Students Connect Course Experiences to Posted Learning Outcomes
    Instructors of undergraduate courses in Biology and other Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) disciplines face an ongoing challenge to foster higher-order thinking and learning...

    Keywords: metacognitionreflectiongoalsOutcomes

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    Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility of the Day
    Short, daily case activity on Universal Design for Learning and Accessibility at the 2018 QUBES/BioQUEST Summer Workshop

    Keywords: Universal Design for LearningSummer Workshop 2018

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    Structuring Courses for Equity
    As instructors, we continually look for new ways to create equitable learning environments and support learning for all students in our courses. Recently, we have explored ways that we can increase...

    Keywords: Equitymetacognitioninclusivitycourse structure

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    Cell Collective
    Session presentation on an easy-to-use software, that makes this computational modeling approach accessible to any student and instructor

    Keywords: computational modelSummer Workshop 2018

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    Constructing Phylogenies using Herbarium Specimens
    This lab is intended as an introduction to a plant systematics course. Students work in groups of two to apply what they have learned about plant structures to develop a character matrix based on a...

    Keywords: botanyphylogenyherbariumdistance learningPlant systematicscharacter matrix

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    Ciliate Genomics Consortium: a professional learning community sharing modular curricula to support undergraduate research in the classroom
    The Ciliate Genomics Consortium (CGC) employs an integrative teaching and research model that combines both inquiry-driven class laboratory activities and collaborative consortium pedagogies to...
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    Enabling authentic ecological inquiries using research data and imageries in large classrooms
    Presentation made by Ben Wu 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 annual...

    Keywords: Ecological Society of America

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    5-030-LinNonHomoSystemSol-TechniqueNarrative
    We offer strategies for solving linear systems of nonhomogeneous differential equations using a conjectured solution strategy for a system of constant coefficient, linear, n

    Keywords: strategiesdiscovery learningeigenvectorseigenvalue

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    3-090-ChebyshevPolynomialSolution-TechniqueNarrative
    The Chebyshev equation is presented as a vehicle to view series solutions techniques for linear, second order homogeneous differential equations with non-constant coefficients.

    Keywords: series soluotionpolynomial solutionsChebyshev polynomialsChebyshev differential equations

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