Evidence map›Paper›PMID 39172967›Full record

ArticleCBE life sciences education2024

It's in the Syllabus: What Syllabi Tell us about Introductory Biology Courses.

Austin Heil, Joshua Olaniran, Cara Gormally, Marguerite Peggy Brickman

Abstract read
In one paragraph

Article in CBE life sciences education, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
5citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
1 · What the graph read from it

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.

2 · The registry

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.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
  3. Article
  4. Examining the influence ofJournal of microbiology & biology education · 2025
    Article
  5. Article
4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Austin HeilMarine Science Department, University of Georgia, 325 Sanford Drive, Athens, GA 30602.
Joshua OlaniranDepartment of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Kennesaw State University, Marietta, GA 30144.
Cara GormallySchool of Science, Technology, Accessibility, Mathematics, and Public Health, Gallaudet University, 800 Florida Avenue NE, Washington, DC 20002.
Marguerite Peggy BrickmanPlant Biology Department, University of Georgia, 120 Carlton St, Athens, GA 30602.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Biology education researchers seek to improve biology education, particularly at the introductory level, yet there is little documentation about what is actually happening in introductory biology. To characterize the landscape of learning expectations for introductory biology, we analyzed course-level learning objectives (

Indexed as

BiologyCurriculumHumansLearningStudents

Identifiers

PMID39172967
PMCPMC11440731

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

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.