Alternative Realities: Faculty and Student Perceptions of Instructional Practices in Laboratory Courses.

ABSTRACT: Curricular reform efforts depend on our ability to determine how courses are taught and how instructional practices affect student outcomes. In this study, we developed a 30-question survey on inquiry-based learning and assessment in undergraduate laboratory courses that was administered to 878 students in 54 courses (41 introductory level and 13 upper level) from 20 institutions (four community colleges, 11 liberal arts colleges, and five universities, of which four were minority-serving institutions). On the basis of an exploratory factor analysis, we defined five constructs: metacognition, feedback and assessment, scientific synthesis, science process skills, and instructor-directed teaching. Using our refined survey of 24 items, we compared student and faculty perceptions of instructio

SUBMITTER: Beck CW 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5132349 | biostudies-literature | 2016

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature