Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Jose-Raul Ruiz-Sarmiento, Samuel-Felipe Baltanas, Javier Gonzalez-Jimenez
Summary: This article explores the introduction of Jupyter notebooks in undergraduate mobile robotics courses to enhance teaching and learning experiences. By providing a series of educational notebooks and a case study, the potential of this tool in improving learning outcomes is demonstrated, bridging the gap between traditional textbook explanations and interactive software applications.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2021)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Lara K. Goudsouzian, Jeremy L. Hsu
Summary: Teaching undergraduate students to read primary scientific literature is important for STEM classes, and there are various approaches and interventions published on this topic. These approaches differ in instructional methods, target student demographic, required class time, and level of assessment. This Essay compiles these approaches in an accessible manner using a framework, and provides a brief review of the literature. Recommendations for instructors and researchers on future areas of investigation are also provided.
CBE-LIFE SCIENCES EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Violeta Migallon, Jose Penades
Summary: This study develops a Java system called MaGraDa for teaching and learning graph theory. The survey results show that this software enhances students' understanding of graph theory, enabling them to apply these concepts to practical problems in computer science. It also facilitates self-learning and has a significant impact on academic performance.
APPLIED SCIENCES-BASEL
(2023)
Article
Zoology
Katie Lynn Staab
Summary: Incorporating active learning and multimodal teaching strategies, particularly by establishing makerspaces in anatomy labs, can enhance student learning of vertebrate anatomy. By engaging in fabrication and using 3D digital models to build replicas, students can better understand the physical principles involved.
INTEGRATIVE AND COMPARATIVE BIOLOGY
(2021)
Editorial Material
Virology
David B. Kushner, Troy D. Cline, Pranav Danthi, Kari M. Debbink, Maureen C. Ferran, Michelle Flenniken, Dylan M. Johnson, Andrew Mehle, Daniel A. Morales, Suchetana Mukhopadhyay, John S. L. Parker, Chelsey C. Spriggs, Lauren A. O'Donnell, Melissa S. Maginnis
Summary: This article emphasizes the importance of developing curriculum guidelines for virology to ensure a comprehensive understanding of key concepts among undergraduate and graduate students. The guidelines are designed to aid effective communication within the field and with non-experts.
JOURNAL OF VIROLOGY
(2022)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Matthew J. Mayhew, Benjamin Selznick, Lini Zhang, Amy Barnes, Sarah Mangia
Summary: This study found that a short-term, low-cost experiential learning intervention can effectively enhance undergraduate students' innovation capacities. Students who received the in-class pedagogical intervention in addition to a video-based innovation lecture showed greater development in their innovation capacities compared to those who only received the video lecture.
JOURNAL OF HIGHER EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Psychology, Educational
Joel O. Bocanegra, Sally L. Grapin, Yanchen Zhang, Aaron A. Gubi
Summary: Minoritized populations have historically been underrepresented in the field of school psychology. This study investigates the effectiveness of undergraduate school psychology courses in increasing knowledge and exposure to school psychology. The results show that these courses lead to significant improvements in perceived knowledge, exposure, self-efficacy, and outcome expectations for school psychology. Minoritized students also showed greater improvements in knowledge and self-efficacy compared to nonminoritized students.
PSYCHOLOGY IN THE SCHOOLS
(2023)
Article
Chemistry, Multidisciplinary
Kerri A. Pratt, Danielle N. Maxwell, Jeffrey L. Spencer, Ethan A. Teich, Madeline Cooke, Braeden Fromwiller, Nathan Peterson, Linda Nicholas-Figueroa, Ginger V. Shultz
Summary: Reading and understanding scientific literature is crucial for scientists, but the technical language and structure of articles can make it difficult for students to understand. This study developed a guided-inquiry activity based on a research article on snow chemistry, using adapted figures and questions to help students engage with the material. Results from interviews suggest that students learn about snow chemistry and gain scientific skills through this activity, and it can be applied in other science courses.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL EDUCATION
(2023)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Minh Pham, Kanupriya Singh, Isa Jahnke
Summary: Given the increasing popularity of online learning, studying user experience in online courses is crucial for meaningful online learning design. Traditional usability studies often neglect pedagogical and social usability, and existing research on online courses mostly focuses on younger learners, ignoring older adult learners. This study examines usability factors in social, technical, and pedagogical aspects for older adult learners using the mental model approach.
INTERACTIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS
(2023)
Article
Entomology
Jai A. Denton, Ivan Koludarov, Michele Thompson, Jaroslaw Bryk, Mariana Velasque
Summary: Global scientific literacy can be enhanced through researchers' engagement with the community, with honeybees proposed as a tool for public engagement due to their cognitive abilities and ease of cultivation. High school students showed that caffeine, but not dopamine, improved honeybee learning, demonstrating the potential for hands-on scientific activities to provide educational value and reliable data on stimuli impacts.
Editorial Material
Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Hui Liu, Margot Riggi, Jen Rogers, Miriah Meyer, Janet H. Iwasa
Summary: A new interactive annotation interface allows for a detailed molecular animation of the SARS-CoV-2 life cycle. Users can explore the data used to create the animation and engage in scientific discourse through comments and questions.
Article
Chemistry, Medicinal
Miao Zhu, Jacqueline M. Cole
Summary: This article introduces the PDFDataExtractor tool, which can be used as a plugin for ChemDataExtractor to extract information from PDF files. Compared to other PDF extraction tools, PDFDataExtractor performs better in the field of chemical literature. It is capable of extracting semantic information from the PDF files of scientific articles and reconstructing the logical structure of the articles.
JOURNAL OF CHEMICAL INFORMATION AND MODELING
(2022)
Article
Mathematical & Computational Biology
Roberto Zanoli, Alberto Lavelli, Theresa Loeffler, Nicolas Andres Perez Gonzalez, Fabio Rinaldi
Summary: This study utilized information from the Melanoma Gene Database to automatically create an annotated dataset of gene-melanoma relations in PubMed abstracts. The results demonstrate the potential of this dataset for automatically extracting gene-melanoma relationships from literature, providing support for researchers in conducting experiments.
JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL SEMANTICS
(2022)
Article
Computer Science, Information Systems
Jiancun Zheng, Lu Shi
Summary: The teaching effect of management courses in undergraduate education is not ideal due to lack of concept abstraction and enterprise practice. To improve intrinsic motivation of learning, the TBL teaching method is introduced in enterprise strategic management course, accompanied by a simulated entrepreneurship project that creates a simulated application environment using digital teaching tools. Follow-up studies conducted between 2018 and 2020 on the project's implementation show that its adoption significantly increases students' inherent learning engagement and classroom involvement attendance.
JOURNAL OF INTERNET TECHNOLOGY
(2022)
Review
Education & Educational Research
Michael Healy, Sandra Cochrane, Paula Grant, Marita Basson
Summary: This article reviews the use of LinkedIn as a pedagogical tool for careers and employability learning in higher education research. The authors find a lack of cohesion and consistency in existing research, with different theoretical and methodological approaches being used. Ethical concerns about using LinkedIn as a pedagogical tool are also not commonly considered. The authors recommend grounding the use of LinkedIn in more coherent and integrated theories of careers and employability learning.
EDUCATION AND TRAINING
(2023)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou, Marie-Janelle Tacloban, Kassandra Concepcion, John Geiger, Melissa McCartney
Summary: This study aimed to investigate undergraduate biology students' understanding of introductory biology topics and their associations with core biological concepts. The research found that students had varying levels of ease in connecting different core concepts with simple topics or multi-step phenomena. Exploratory studies like this one can help advance students' integration and conceptual understanding of biological knowledge.
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOLOGY EDUCATION
(2021)
Article
Education & Educational Research
Kyriaki Chatzikyriakidou, Melissa McCartney
Summary: Reading Primary Scientific Literature (PSL) is valuable for STEM education. Previous assessments mainly focus on specific content and skills, but we believe that students' motivation for reading PSL is equally important. We developed a questionnaire called 'Motivation in Reading PSL' based on student purpose and efficacy. By analyzing data from biology students, we identified four subscales to measure motivation: expectancy-value, self-efficacy, performance/competence, and interest. The questionnaire also showed differences in motivation among different intervention groups, indicating its potential use in PSL-based interventions.
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF SCIENCE EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Education, Scientific Disciplines
Melissa McCartney, Adam B. Roddy, John Geiger, Natalia C. Piland, Melina M. Ribeiro, Alexis Lainoff
Summary: This study presents seven career development modules that aim to motivate students to consider using their biological knowledge and scientific skills in various biology careers. These modules help increase students' self-confidence and science identity, and are easy to implement.
JOURNAL OF MICROBIOLOGY & BIOLOGY EDUCATION
(2022)
Article
Multidisciplinary Sciences
Melissa McCartney, Jessica Colon
Summary: Improving the rate of entry into STEM careers is a national concern, as there is a crisis in filling STEM jobs with qualified workers. Additional research is needed to examine the impact of career-related variables on this issue. By surveying biology majors who participated in a biology-focused career development course (CDC), we found that engagement with the CDC enhanced students' competence in biology and recognition as a biologist, which are vital for identity formation. Our study also revealed that students prefer to have the CDC earlier in their academic careers. This research provides important insights into the career development of biology majors.