Melinda Owens uncovers what biology students know about vaccine mechanisms
Vaccines are an important and societally relevant biology topic, but it is unclear how much...
Ella Tour investigates how students analyze figures and propose follow-up experiments
When experts analyze figures from scientific papers, they spontaneously offer criticisms and...
Ashley Juavinett writes about the need for coding in neuroscience education
Neuroscience education is at an impasse—we need to teach students coding, but many institutions do...
Claire Meaders identifies top student questions about STEM success and how to answer them
In this paper, we identified common student questions regarding how to succeed in introductory...
Claire Meaders digs into what works on the first day of class
In this paper, we observed the first day of class from 23 instructors of introductory STEM courses...
Jim Cooke examines which strategies students use while testing
Assessments are common in undergraduate classrooms, with formats including multiple-choice and...
Lisa McDonnell & Sarah Stockwell use a writing exercise to improve writing and reduce plagiarism
In this paper, we show that a simple writing exercise significantly reduces common writing...
Stanley Lo uses graph theory to understand the dynamics of student discussions
Group work in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics courses is an effective means of...
Stanley Lo reflects on maturation of LSE and SABER research
Biology education research (BER) is a growing field, as evidenced by the increasing number of...
Ella Tour asks which parts of scientific papers are challenging to students
Primary literature offers rich opportunities to teach students how to "think like a scientist,"...