Improving Student Attitudes and Academic Performance in Introductory Biology Using a Project-Based Learning Community
ABSTRACT Students majoring in non-STEM fields often identify introductory biology courses as irrelevant and overly rigorous. Resistance to enroll in a required general education science course, coupled with negative attitudes toward the subject, can adversely affect the academic performance of stude...
Main Author: | Tyesha N. Burks |
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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2022-04-01
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Series: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
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Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.00216-21 |
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