ArticleJournal of microbiology & biology education2013
Using primary literature to teach science literacy to introductory biology students.
Article in Journal of microbiology & biology education, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 24 papers.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.
Who cites it
24 citing papers in PubMed.
- Primary Literature as the Course Design Centerpiece in a General Chemistry Course That Prepares Undergraduates for Research.ACS omega · 2025Article
- The state of introductory biology following 16 years of pedagogical reform sinceJournal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Maximizing science communication skills in a primary scientific literature-based cancer biology course: practical implementation methods.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Modifying the CREATE method with inclusive approaches helps students engage with socioscientific applications of the primary scientific literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2025Article
- Student-led discussions of landmark discovery articles: a foothold in teaching primary virology literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2024Article
- Reading Primary Scientific Literature: Approaches for Teaching Students in the Undergraduate STEM Classroom.CBE life sciences education · 2023Review
- Promoting Science Literacy and Awareness across the Globe: the Role of Scientists as Science Ambassadors.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2023Article
- Synthesizing Research Narratives to Reveal the Big Picture: a CREATE(S) Intervention Modified for Journal Club Improves Undergraduate Science Literacy.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2023Article
- Annotations Serve as an On Ramp for Introductory Biology Students Learning to Read Primary Scientific Literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2023Article
- The Five Core Concepts of Biology as a Framework for Promoting Expert-Like Behaviors in Undergraduates Learning How to Read Primary Scientific Literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2022Article
- From Novice To Expert: An Assessment To Measure Strategies Students Implement While Learning To Read Primary Scientific Literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2022Article
- Assessment ofJournal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2021Article
- Analysis of a COVID-19 Clinical Trial to Emphasize Experimental Design and Quantitative Reasoning in an Introductory Biology Course.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2021Article
- Teaching in the Time of COVID-19: Creation of a Digital Internship to Develop Scientific Thinking Skills and Create Science Literacy Exercises for Use in Remote Classrooms.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2021Article
- Insights on biology student motivations and challenges when reading and analyzing primary literature.PloS one · 2021Article
- Expert-Novice Comparison Reveals Pedagogical Implications for Students' Analysis of Primary Literature.CBE life sciences education · 2019Article
- Using "Research Boxes" to Enhance Understanding of Primary Literature and the Process of Science.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2019Article
- Essential Readings for Undergraduate Students in Behavior Analysis: A Survey of Behavior Analytic Faculty and Practitioners.Behavior analysis in practice · 2018Article
- A Simple Activity to Enhance the Learning Experience of Reading Primary Literature.Journal of microbiology & biology education · 2017Article
- Using the Humanities to Teach Neuroscience to Non-majors.Journal of undergraduate neuroscience education : JUNE : a publication of FUN, Faculty for Undergraduate Neuroscience · 2015Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
Undergraduate students struggle to read the scientific literature and educators have suggested that this may reflect deficiencies in their science literacy skills. In this two-year study we develop and test a strategy for using the scientific literature to teach science literacy skills to novice life science majors. The first year of the project served as a preliminary investigation in which we evaluated student science literacy skills, created a set of science literacy learning objectives aligned with Bloom's taxonomy, and developed a set of homework assignments that used peer-reviewed articles to teach science literacy. In the second year of the project the effectiveness of the assignments and the learning objectives were evaluated. Summative student learning was evaluated in the second year on a final exam. The mean score was 83.5% (±20.3%) and there were significant learning gains (p < 0.05) in seven of nine of science literacy skills. Project data indicated that even though students achieved course-targeted lower-order science literacy objectives, many were deficient in higher-order literacy skills. Results of this project suggest that building scientific literacy is a continuing process which begins in first-year science courses with a set of fundamental skills that can serve the progressive development of literacy skills throughout the undergraduate curriculum.
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.