Advancing Graduate Education and Faculty Development with Discipline Based Education Research and the SIMPLE Framework: Design Memos in Biology for Active Teaching

• Main Authors: J. Reid Schwebach (Author), Daria Gerasimova (Author), David A. Luther (Author), Anne B. Verhoeven (Author), Claudette P. Davis (Author), Morgan Gostel (Author), Chelsie Romulo (Author), Lisa Schreffler (Author), Padmanabhan Seshaiyer (Author), Jill K. Nelson (Author)
• Format: Book
• Published: Athens Institute for Education and Research, 2016-08-01T00:00:00Z.
• Subjects: article
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With the increasing popularity of active teaching methods, universities have become more interested in changing instruction from direct lecture to interactive engagement. The George Mason University (Mason, Virginia, USA) Biology Department is achieving this goal through: 1) faculty participation in...