Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments
Assessing learning across a biology major can help departments monitor achievement of broader program-level goals and identify opportunities for curricular improvement. However, biology departments have lacked suitable tools to measure learning at the program scale. To address this need, we develope...
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author | Smith, Michelle K. Brownell, Sara E. Crowe, Alison J. Holmes, N.G. Knight, Jennifer K. Semsar, Katharine Summers, Mindi M. Walsh, Cole Wright, Christian D. Couch, Brian A. |
author_facet | Smith, Michelle K. Brownell, Sara E. Crowe, Alison J. Holmes, N.G. Knight, Jennifer K. Semsar, Katharine Summers, Mindi M. Walsh, Cole Wright, Christian D. Couch, Brian A. |
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description | Assessing learning across a biology major can help departments monitor achievement of broader program-level goals and identify opportunities for curricular improvement. However, biology departments have lacked suitable tools to measure learning at the program scale. To address this need, we developed four freely available assessments—called Biology-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science or Bio-MAPS—for general biology, molecular biology, ecology/evolution, and physiology programs. When administered at multiple time points in a curriculum, these instruments can provide departments with information on how student conceptual understanding changes across a major and help guide curricular modifications to enhance learning. |
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spelling | pubmed-67134822019-09-09 Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments Smith, Michelle K. Brownell, Sara E. Crowe, Alison J. Holmes, N.G. Knight, Jennifer K. Semsar, Katharine Summers, Mindi M. Walsh, Cole Wright, Christian D. Couch, Brian A. J Microbiol Biol Educ Perspectives Assessing learning across a biology major can help departments monitor achievement of broader program-level goals and identify opportunities for curricular improvement. However, biology departments have lacked suitable tools to measure learning at the program scale. To address this need, we developed four freely available assessments—called Biology-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science or Bio-MAPS—for general biology, molecular biology, ecology/evolution, and physiology programs. When administered at multiple time points in a curriculum, these instruments can provide departments with information on how student conceptual understanding changes across a major and help guide curricular modifications to enhance learning. American Society of Microbiology 2019-08-30 /pmc/articles/PMC6713482/ /pubmed/31501687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v20i2.1787 Text en ©2019 Author(s). Published by the American Society for Microbiology This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ and https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode), which grants the public the nonexclusive right to copy, distribute, or display the published work. |
spellingShingle | Perspectives Smith, Michelle K. Brownell, Sara E. Crowe, Alison J. Holmes, N.G. Knight, Jennifer K. Semsar, Katharine Summers, Mindi M. Walsh, Cole Wright, Christian D. Couch, Brian A. Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title | Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title_full | Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title_fullStr | Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title_full_unstemmed | Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title_short | Tools for Change: Measuring Student Conceptual Understanding Across Undergraduate Biology Programs Using Bio-MAPS Assessments |
title_sort | tools for change: measuring student conceptual understanding across undergraduate biology programs using bio-maps assessments |
topic | Perspectives |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6713482/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31501687 http://dx.doi.org/10.1128/jmbe.v20i2.1787 |
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