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In this episode, Sharona and Bosley talk with Dr. Jenny Momsen, faculty member in the department of Biological Sciences at North Dakota State University and head of the Discipline-Based Education Research Ph.D. program. Jenny is one of the organizers of The Grading Conference and actively researches the impact of alternative grading on students ability to learn and integrate their knowledge about complex biological systems.LinksPlease note - any books linked here are likely Amazon Associates links. Clicking on them and purchasing through them helps support the show. Thanks for your support!Alternative Grading Practices in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Scoping ReviewImproving performance and retention in introductory biology with a utility-value intervention, by Canning et alIncreased Course Structure Improves Performance in Introductory Biology by Freeman et alDeveloping Resilient, Equity-Conscious TeachersGiving Marks that Indicate Progress - from the Grading for Growth BlogResourcesThe Center for Grading Reform - seeking to advance education in the United States by supporting effective grading reform at all levels through conferences, educational workshops, professional development, research and scholarship, influencing public policy, and community building.The Grading Conference - an annual, online conference exploring Alternative Grading in Higher Education & K-12.Some great resources to educate yourself about Alternative Grading:The Grading for Growth BlogThe Grading ConferenceThe Intentional Academia BlogRecommended Books on Alternative Grading:Grading for Growth, by Robert Talbert and David ClarkSpecifications Grading, by Linda Nilsen
In Episode 148, Justin Shaffer joins host Kevin Patton to discuss high structure course design. Justin shares his success in building a scaffold for learning by using a variety of course structures to improve student engagement and success, such as pre-class and post-class activities, micro-case studies and clicker questions, brief active learning practices, and much more. 00:00 | Introduction 00:46 | Introducing Justin Shaffer 02:49 | High Structure and Low Structure 20:47 | Badge Break 21:43 | Transparency, Expectations, & Flexibility 34:06 | Secret Code: TAA Conference in Nashville 36:04 | Baby Steps or Go All In? 50:16 | Staying Connected ★ If you cannot see or activate the audio player, go to: theAPprofessor.org/podcast-episode-148.html
Justin Shaffer shares how to use high structure course design to heighten student learning on episode 506 of the Teaching in Higher Ed podcast. Quotes from the episode Some students might be doing just fine with the traditional, maybe unstructured class. But we know from evidence, lots of research now shows that this type of structure does help students. -Justin Shaffer The keyword through all 3 steps is alignment. -Justin Shaffer I don't think the structure necessarily guarantees success because it's the students ultimately have to put the work in to earn that grade, to earn that outcome. -Justin Shaffer Resources The Spark of Emotion: Energizing the College Classroom with the Science of Emotion, by Sarah Rose Cavanagh* Recombinant Education Podcases Calvin and Hobbes Kelly Hogan on Teaching in Higher Ed A Time for Telling, by Schwartz and Bransford Examples of Justin's Reading Guides on his website Bibliography on Case Study Teaching in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics Improving Exam Performance in Introductory Biology through the Use of Preclass Reading Guides, by Lieu, Wong, Asefirad, & Shaffer
Show Notes:Check out the video version of this podcast episode! See the article about Caribbean peoples and additional resources here. Read the Meet a Scientist written interview with Kendra here.Watch Mateja Hajdinjak's Ask a Scientist interview on YouTube here: Lesson Plan Links: Teacher Instructions, Student Activity Worksheet, Student Activity Virtual Slides.Information about the Caribbean: Basic Info, Archaeology of the Islands. Information about Ancient DNA: About Ancient DNA, Ancient DNA and Neanderthals, Ancient Genomes and Human Adaptation, Svante Paabo's Nobel Prize - Smithsonian Magazine.Links to collections: Paleoscience, COVID, Introductory Biology, AP Environmental Science Don't forget to sign up for our monthly newsletter to stay up to date on our current content! This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit sciencejournalforkids.substack.com
Jim Morris and Andy Knoll, authors of "Biology: How Life Works" discussing life on mars. The search for life on mars has a lot of relevance to concepts in Introductory Biology.
This week, Matt walks us through the biological classification system and Levi discusses Astrology. Show notes for BIOLOGICAL KINGDOMS ‘A Higher Level Classification of All Living Organisms’ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4418965/pdf/pone.0119248.pdf ‘Sponges: Oldest Creatures in the Sea?’ https://youtu.be/ykKd8jsCREQ ‘Finding The Coelocanth’ https://youtu.be/4jl_txxYQEA Lungfish - ‘Underground Survivalist Fish’ https://youtu.be/vGj3XJjPIuU Most of the information from this podcast can be obtained from any good, fairly recent University-level Introductory Biology textbook. I used my copy of Campbell, Reece & Meyers’ “Biology”, which I would highly recommend as an excellent biology reference or primer. Show notes for ASTROLOGY Mya Benway ALL about astrology https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GNb0t_taN60 Elsevier Personality and personal differences - Astrology on introvert vs extrovert - https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/0191886994902437 A scientific Inquiry into the Validity of Astrology - Journal of Scientific Exploration 1990 - http://www.skepticalmedia.com/astrology/Scientific%20Inquiry%20into%20Astrology.pdf Carlson's experimentDouble Blind study, astrologers verse personality charts - http://muller.lbl.gov/papers/Astrology-Carlson.pdf Natal Charts https://horoscopes.astro-seek.com/birth-chart-horoscope-online
My dream was to give my students more power, so I tried to develop a model to balance the mandates of the curriculum with the needs of students. Follow: @jonbergmann @Wilsonsbiolab @bamradionetwork #edchat #flipclass #teachers Hassan Wilson teaches Introductory Biology to 8th graders at Friends Seminary in New York City. He organized his flipped course in Mastery Learning Cycles, which is a hybrid of Mastery Learning and Explore-Flip-Apply.
In this segment we talk with a teacher who is using an asynchronous (self-paced) flipped model. Discover the benefits and challenges. Follow: @wilsonsbiolab @jonbergmann @bamradionetwork #edtechchat #edchat #edtech #flipclass Hassan Wilson teaches Introductory Biology to 8th graders at Friends Seminary in New York City. He organized my flipped course in Mastery Learning Cycles, which is a hybrid of Mastery Learning and Explore-Flip-Apply.