A One-Year Introductory Biology Majors' Lab Sequence Incorporating Vision & Change.

ABSTRACT: The introduction of Vision and Change by AAAS and the recommendation that biology departments amend their curricula to focus on key concepts and skills necessary for graduates have led to a re-envisioning of introductory curricula across the nation. Many of the "standard" biology text books have realigned their focus with Vision and Change, while new texts have emerged that completely revise how we teach introductory biology majors. One such textbook is Integrating Concepts in Biology (ICB), by Campbell, Heyer, and Paradise. Many departments, including ours, have adopted this text as a novel way to teach biology majors, focusing on active learning, the scientific method, and specifically, understanding data. However, with all of these revisions to biology textbooks, there have been no revi

SUBMITTER: Guenther MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6508917 | biostudies-literature | 2019

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature