Efficacy of a Meiosis Learning Module Developed for the Virtual Cell Animation Collection.

ABSTRACT: Recent reports calling for change in undergraduate biology education have resulted in the redesign of many introductory biology courses. Reports on one common change to course structure, the active-learning environment, have placed an emphasis on student preparation, noting that the positive outcomes of active learning in the classroom depend greatly on how well the student prepares before class. As a possible preparatory resource, we test the efficacy of a learning module developed for the Virtual Cell Animation Collection. This module presents the concepts of meiosis in an interactive, dynamic environment that has previously been shown to facilitate learning in introductory biology students. Participants (n = 534) were enrolled in an introductory biology course and were presented the con

SUBMITTER: Goff EE 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5332052 | biostudies-literature | 2017

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature