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Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
13 Mar 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/206The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is working to design, implement, and assess online collaborative communities that promote teaching scholarship....
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Reimagining professional development: Faculty mentoring networks as a model for connecting projects and teachers
13 Mar 2017 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/206The Quantitative Undergraduate Biology Education and Synthesis (QUBES) project is working to design, implement, and assess online collaborative communities that promote teaching scholarship....
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Revolutionizing the Use of Natural History Collections in Education
11 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Karen E. Powers, L. Alan Prather, Joesph A. Cook, James Woolley, Henry L. Bart Jr., Anna K. Monfils, Petra Sierwald
Using natural history collections, both physical specimens and archive data, promises to connect classroom learning with the real world of science. From the article: "Natural history collections are an irreplaceable and extensive record of life, and form the basis of our...
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Robot vs. Disease: Using CellProfiler to model biomedical research in your classroom
15 Jun 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Mark Bray
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/315Date & Time:Saturday, June 13 @ 2PM & Sunday June 14, @2PMDescription: In this session, I will introduce the open-source and freely-available software package CellProfiler,...
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Rstudio cheatsheets
17 Aug 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/839Cheatsheets are quickstart guides to using some of the most popular packages and features of Rstudio. This link will direct you to the following cheatsheets:Shiny...
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Sealing the Deal The Grey Seal Problem in the U.S. Northeast
18 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Matthew S. Kaufman
"This case study uses a PowerPoint-driven approach combined with role-playing to explore issues surrounding the grey seal population off the coast of New England, specifically Chatham, Massachusetts. After gathering information, the students take the part of Chatham City council members and...
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SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
20 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations is about teaching differential equations using modeling and technology upfront and throughout the learning process. You can learn more at our dynamic website, www.simiode.org, where we...
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SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations
20 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Brian Winkel
SIMIODE - Systemic Initiative for Modeling Investigations and Opportunities with Differential Equations is about teaching differential equations using modeling and technology upfront and throughout the learning process. You can learn more at our dynamic website, www.simiode.org, where we...
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Statistics for biologists
12 Feb 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/897There is no disputing the importance of statistical analysis in biological research, but too often it is considered only after an experiment is completed, when it may be too...
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Sting, Carry and Stock: How Corpse Availability Can Regulate De-Centralized Task Allocation in a Ponerine Ant Colony
20 Oct 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Istvan Karsai, Thomas Schmickl
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/844We develop a model to produce plausible patterns of task partitioning in the ponerine ant Ectatomma ruidum based on the availability of living prey and prey corpses. The...
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SUMS4Bio - Video tutorials in math and stats for biology students
27 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jeremy M Wojdak, Caleb Adams, Daniel Cole Metz
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/747This website features an array of short video tutorials on ideas covered in Radford University's Math4Bio and Stats4Bio courses. Some videos cover concepts, while...
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SUMS4Bio - Video tutorials in math and stats for biology students
27 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Jeremy M Wojdak, Caleb Adams, Daniel Cole Metz
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/747This website features an array of short video tutorials on ideas covered in Radford University's Math4Bio and Stats4Bio courses. Some videos cover concepts, while...
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Sustained exponential population growth of grey seals at Sable Island, Nova Scotia
18 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): W.D. Bowen, J. McMillan, R. Mohn
"Grey seal pup production on Sable Island, Nova Scotia, has been monitored since the early 1960s. We estimated pup production on Sable Island in 1997 using aerial photography with a correction for detection of pups on the imagery and a statistical model to account for the proportion of pups...
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T2R38 taste receptor polymorphisms underlie susceptibility to upper respiratory infection
01 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/846Innate and adaptive defense mechanisms protect the respiratory system from attack by microbes. Here, we present evidence that the bitter taste receptor T2R38 regulates the...
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Taking a Second Look: Investigating Biology with Visual Datasets
13 Mar 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Ethel Stanley
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/831An article exploring the use of visual datasets as an educational aid for biology students. Article abstract: Have you considered the use of biological...
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Testing Goodness of Fit with the Chi-Square
07 Jan 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Dr. Kaci Thompson, Dr. Kären Nelson
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/qubesresources/publications/740This is a MathBench module written for students to use in a self-study mode. It uses a narrative structure, humor, and everyday examples to step the learner through the...
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The Analysis of Biological Data: textbook and website
23 Sep 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Michael Whitlock, Dolph Schluter
The Analysis of Biological Data is a new approach to teaching introductory statistics to biology students. To reach this unique audience, Whitlock and Schluter motivate learning with interesting biological and medical examples; they emphasize intuitive understanding; and they focus on real data....
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The Effect of Instructor Communication on Student Perceptions of Mathematics in Biology
19 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Hayley Orndorf
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/237Student perceptions of the importance of mathematics in biology are context dependent. While students often view math as unnecessary to understanding biology, certain conditions can promote...
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The Effect of Instructor Communication on Student Perceptions of Mathematics in Biology
19 Apr 2015 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Hayley Orndorf
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/237Student perceptions of the importance of mathematics in biology are context dependent. While students often view math as unnecessary to understanding biology, certain conditions can promote...
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The Impact of Diversity on Group Productivity Within Online Faculty Mentoring Networks (FMNs) of Educators
25 May 2016 | Teaching & Reference Material | Contributor(s): Sam S Donovan, Alison N Hale, Loretta Wanda Liu, Katie Grobengieser
This resource has been updated - find the current version here: https://qubeshub.org/publications/212With the fast growing pace of online technology for teaching and obtaining information, increasingly, many educators are turning their browsers on to immerse both themselves and their...