Background Concept inventories (CIs) have become widely used tools for assessing
students' learning and assisting with educational decisions. Over the past three decades, CI …

If a new antibiotic is being tested for effectiveness, its effectiveness at curing patients is
compared with the best current antibiotics, and not with treatment by bloodletting. However …

Vaccines are an important and societally relevant biology topic, but it is unclear how much
college biology students know about how vaccines work and what inaccurate ideas they …

ABSTRACT The Microbiology Concept Inventory is an assessment tool derived from the
fundamental statements created by the American Society for Microbiology. This two-tier …

Curricular guidelines promote standardized approaches to coverage of essential knowledge
and skills in undergraduate education. The American Society for Microbiology (ASM) …

As genomics technologies advance, there is a growing demand for computational biologists
trained for genomics analysis but instructors face significant hurdles in providing formal …

Abstract The American Society for Microbiology's curricular guidelines for Introductory
Microbiology highlighted key laboratory skills in the isolation, visualization and identification …

Although immunological research has become increasingly important in recent decades for
understanding infectious and immune-mediated diseases, immunological pedagogy at the …

We previously developed and assessed “The Art of Microbiology,” a course-based
undergraduate research experience (CURE) which uses agar art to spur student …

Different approaches can be used to impart science, technology, engineering, and math
(STEM) literacy among undergraduates and thus can be modified to support various …