Small changes, big gains: A curriculum-wide study of teaching practices and student learning in undergraduate biology.

A growing body of evidence has shown that active learning has a considerable advantage over traditional lecture for student learning in undergraduate STEM classes, but there have been few large-scale studies to identify the specific types of activities that have the greatest impact on learning. We t...

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Main Authors: Laura K Weir, Megan K Barker, Lisa M McDonnell, Natalie G Schimpf, Tamara M Rodela, Patricia M Schulte
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2019-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0220900