Funding Opportunities to Support Change in Undergraduate Biology Education (PDF)
WORKING GROUP RESOURCES
Group 1 – Overarching and Unifying Key Concepts and Competencies
- Bibliography (PDF)
- Biology Concept Inventories: Overview, Status, and Next Steps (PDF)
- Becoming a Scientist: The Role of Undergraduate Research in Students’ Cognitive, Personal, and Professional Development (PDF)
- Did You Know 3.0 Video (LINK)
Group 2 – Student-centered Learning (Engaging Students in Discourse)
- Mestre How People Learn (PDF)
- Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education (PDF)
- Innovations in Teaching Biology and Why We Need Them (PDF)
Group 3 – Transforming Undergraduate Biology: Assessing Student Learning
- Transforming UG Biology Assessment Bibliography (PDF)
- Bridging the Pathway from Instruction to Research (PDF)
Group 4 – Integrating Research Experiences Across the Curriculum
- Undergraduate Research Experiences Support Science Career Decisions and Active Learning (PDF)
- Benefits of Undergradutate Research Experiences (PDF)
- Genomics Partnership (PDF)
- Coding To Analyze Students’ Critical Thinking (PDF)
Group 5 – Toolkits to Support the Change
- The BioQUEST Curriculum Consortium (LINK)
- Online Resources (XLS)
Group 6 – Preparing Faculty (Developing Teaching Skills and Interests of Future and Current Faculty)
- Summer Institute to Improve University Science Teaching (PDF)
- A Teaching Post-doc Program: Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Awards (IRACDA) (K-12) (PDF)
- Resources from the Preparing Faculty Group (PDF)
- Preparing Faculty Discussions (PPT)
Group 8 – Changing Institutional Approaches
- On Hiring Faculty with Science Education Specialties (PDF)
- Science Faculty with Science Education Specialties (PDF)
- Barriers and Promise in STEM Reform (PDF)
- Why Not Try a Scientific Approach to Science Education (PDF)
- Innovations In Teaching Biology and Why We Need Them (PDF)
- Characteristics of Good Departmental Leadership (LINK)
- The Department Critical Unit for Change (LINK)
- Field Guide to Academic Leadership (LINK)
Vision and Change Lunchtime Talk – James Collins (PPT) / [PDF Version]
