Creating and Assessing an Academic Learning Community between Biology and Statistics Courses

Autor/inn/en	Ryu, Hwayeon; Zhu, Bin
Titel	Creating and Assessing an Academic Learning Community between Biology and Statistics Courses
Quelle	In: PRIMUS, 32 (2022) 3, S.416-431 (16 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Ryu, Hwayeon) ORCID (Zhu, Bin)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1051-1970
DOI	10.1080/10511970.2020.1861141
Schlagwörter	Biology; Science Instruction; Statistics Education; Thinking Skills; Communities of Practice; Ecology; Laboratory Experiments; Teacher Student Relationship; Peer Relationship; Relevance (Education); Interdisciplinary Approach; College Faculty; Undergraduate Students; Connecticut (Hartford) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Biologie; Teaching of science; Science education; Natural sciences Lessons; Naturwissenschaftlicher Unterricht; Denkfähigkeit; Community; Ökologie; Laboratory work; Laborarbeit; Teacher student relationships; Lehrer-Schüler-Beziehung; Peer-Beziehungen; Relevance; Relevanz; Fächerübergreifender Unterricht; Fächerverbindender Unterricht; Interdisziplinarität; Fakultät
Abstract	Biology students need analytical and critical thinking skills to analyze data and apply their knowledge to real-life situations. To meet this growing need while helping students to discover the relevance of learning through applications, we created an academic learning community (LC) between Ecology and Biostatistics courses. Selected case-studies and their corresponding data from the Ecology lab were incorporated into Biostatistics. Our data demonstrated that the LC group might have improved their statistical knowledge and their understanding of ecological problems more than the non-LC group and that LC promoted interactions among students and between instructors and students. We discuss key criteria that permitted the LC development, the evidence of its effectiveness, limitations of this study, and ways to improve the LC. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01