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Principles of Biology 101
An introduction to critical thinking in the biological sciencesBryan M. Dewsbury
Department of Biological SciencesUniversity of Rhode Island
http://seasprogram.net
13,000 undergraduate students56% RI, 44% out-of-state20% minority
~300 studentsMultiple majors
6 teaching assistants3 graduate students3 undergraduate leaders (SI leaders)
Home assignmentsPop quizzesInterrupted lectureProblem-solving Fridays
Support structures for studentsClass as a community
Goals
• To understand the structure of the building blocks of life (building blocks)• To understand the basic processes that allow these structures to
interact with each other in a functional way (basic processes)• To understand the flow of information and matter (info flow)• To learn HOW to learn biology (metacognition)• To contextualize biology in everyday life (context)• To understand the value of a community of learners (community)
Assessment Explanation PercentageGroup participation COMMUNITY 5
Survey assessments COMMUNITY, BASIC PROCESSES, METACOGNITION 4In-class assignments COMMUNITY, METACOGNITION, CONTEXT 6
Summative Exams BUILDING BLOCKS, INFORMATION FLOW, BASIC PROCESSES, CONTEXTMix of higher order questions on exams
60
Quizzes BUIILDING BLOCKS, INFORMATION FLOW, COMMUNITY 10
Homework assignments COMMUNITY, BUILDING BLOCKS, INFORMATION FLOW, BASIC PROCESSES, METACOGNITION, CONTEXTCreative design projectStar Genetics problem set (http://star.mit.edu/genetics/)Article review (http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/07/07/sixty-nine-days)
15
TOTAL 100
Learning Outcomes Taxonomy Level/Category Learning Activities Formative Assessments Summative Assessment
To apply the laws of thermodynamics to tonicity
Application
1. IL in biophysics2. Problem
analysis3. Soccer ball
demo
1. Quiz question2. SI problem set3. Practice Exam
1. Exam question (A plant cell placed in a hypotonic soln gets turgid but does not explode (unlike an animal cell) explain….
To be a dependable team member
Caring
1. Group assignment
2. In-class activities
3. Economics activity
1. Group evaluation w/ feedback and counseling
2. Group quizzes
1. Final group evaluation
2. CCS (research)
In-ClassActivities:
Econ activity
Intros
Syllabus quiz
What is life,
Nat sec (IL)
PSF 1(Each one
teach one)
Red Bull
gives you
wings! (IL)
POP quiz
Bond, chem bond (IL)
PSF (Kahoot!)
Out-of-ClassActivities:
Syllabus rev
Chap 1.1-3
Video lec
Chap 2
Video lec
Chap 3Video
lecAdap
learning
assign
SI session
SI sessionChap
4.1-4.4Video
lec
SI session
SI session
Exam ques
writing ex
SI session
M MW F W F
PRE CLASS ACTIVITIES• Survey• Mindset and study skills write up• Video on active learning
community building blocks metacognition
group assessments, group assignments, (CCS)
Formative and summative exams
Long answers, predicting scores
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