Why Students Struggle in Undergraduate Biology: Sources and Solutions.

ABSTRACT: Students' perceptions of challenges in biology influence performance outcomes, experiences, and persistence in science. Identifying sources of student struggle can assist efforts to support students as they overcome challenges in their undergraduate educations. In this study, we characterized student experiences of struggle by 1) quantifying which external factors relate to perceptions of encountering and overcoming struggle in introductory biology and 2) identifying factors to which students attribute their struggle in biology. We found a significant effect of Course, Instructor, and Incoming Preparation on student struggle, in which students with lower Incoming Preparation were more likely to report struggle and the inability to overcome struggle. We also observed significant differences

SUBMITTER: Tracy CB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9582825 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature