A CURE on the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Improves Student Conceptual Understanding.

ABSTRACT: We developed labs on the evolution of antibiotic resistance to assess the costs and benefits of replacing traditional laboratory exercises in an introductory biology course for majors with a course-based undergraduate research experience (CURE). To assess whether participating in the CURE imposed a cost in terms of exam performance, we implemented a quasi-experiment in which four lab sections in the same term of the same course did the CURE labs, while all other students did traditional labs. To assess whether participating in the CURE impacted other aspects of student learning, we implemented a second quasi-experiment in which all students either did traditional labs over a two-quarter sequence or did CURE labs over a two-quarter sequence. Data from the first experiment showed minimal imp

SUBMITTER: Freeman S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10074268 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature