Evolution is a unifying theory in biology and is challenging for undergraduates to learn. An
instructor's ability to help students learn is influenced by pedagogical content knowledge …

The rapid shift to online teaching in spring 2020 meant most of us were teaching in panic
mode. As we move forward with course planning for fall and beyond, we can invest more …

To excel in modern science, technology, engineering, and mathematics careers, biology
majors need a range of transferable skills, yet competency development is often a relatively …

The Vision and Change report provides a nationally agreed upon framework of core
concepts that undergraduate biology students should master by graduation. While …

Core concepts are “big ideas” that are central to a discipline, provide frameworks of
understanding for disciplinary content, and aid student transfer of learning. Core concept …

The Vision and Change report called for the biology community to mobilize around teaching
the core concepts of biology. This essay describes a collection of resources developed by …

Understanding homeostasis is a goal of biology education curricula, as homeostasis is a
core feature of living systems. Identifying and understanding the underlying molecular …

The physiology core concepts are designed to guide instructors in undergraduate
physiology courses. However, although past work has characterized the alignment of …

Genomics is an increasingly important part of biology research. However, educating
undergraduates in genomics is not yet a standard part of life sciences curricula. We believe …

Instruments for teaching and assessing student understanding of the five core concepts in
biology from Vision and Change are needed. We developed four Biology Core Concept …