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ArticleCBE life sciences education2015

Scientific teaching: defining a taxonomy of observable practices.

Brian A Couch, Tanya L Brown, Tyler J Schelpat, Mark J Graham, Jennifer K Knight

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Article in CBE life sciences education, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers.

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Brian A Couch*Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309 bcouch2@unl.edu.
Tanya L Brown*Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.
Tyler J Schelpat*Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.
Mark J Graham‡Center for Scientific Teaching, Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology and Department of Psychiatry, School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT 06511.
Jennifer K Knight*Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309.

Funding

Howard Hughes Medical Institute
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Over the past several decades, numerous reports have been published advocating for changes to undergraduate science education. These national calls inspired the formation of the National Academies Summer Institutes on Undergraduate Education in Biology (SI), a group of regional workshops to help faculty members learn and implement interactive teaching methods. The SI curriculum promotes a pedagogical framework called Scientific Teaching (ST), which aims to bring the vitality of modern research into the classroom by engaging students in the scientific discovery process and using student data to inform the ongoing development of teaching methods. With the spread of ST, the need emerges to systematically define its components in order to establish a common description for education researchers and practitioners. We describe the development of a taxonomy detailing ST's core elements and provide data from classroom observations and faculty surveys in support of its applicability within undergraduate science courses. The final taxonomy consists of 15 pedagogical goals and 37 supporting practices, specifying observable behaviors, artifacts, and features associated with ST. This taxonomy will support future educational efforts by providing a framework for researchers studying the processes and outcomes of ST-based course transformations as well as a concise guide for faculty members developing classes.

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CurriculumEducational MeasurementFacultyHumansLearningModels, EducationalScienceStudentsTeachingUnited StatesUniversities

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PMID25713097
PMCPMC4353084

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