Demystifying the Meaning of Active Learning in Postsecondary Biology Education.

ABSTRACT: Active learning is frequently used to describe teaching practices, but the term is not well-defined in the context of undergraduate biology education. To clarify this term, we explored how active learning is defined in the biology education literature (n = 148 articles) and community by surveying a national sample of biology education researchers and instructors (n = 105 individuals). Our objectives were to increase transparency and reproducibility of teaching practices and research findings in biology education. Findings showed the majority of the literature concerning active learning never defined the term, but the authors often provided examples of specific active-learning strategies. We categorized the available active-learning definitions and strategies obtained from the

SUBMITTER: Driessen EP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8693947 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature