Biology Education Research: A View from the Field

2013 ◽  
pp. 67-80
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Biology Education

scholarly journals Prevailing Questions and Methodologies in Biology Education Research: A Longitudinal Analysis of Research in CBE—Life Sciences Education and at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research

2019 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. ar9 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stanley M. Lo ◽  
Grant E. Gardner ◽  
Joshua Reid ◽  
Velta Napoleon-Fanis ◽  
Penny Carroll ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Qualitative Data ◽  
Life Sciences ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Research Trends ◽  
Research Articles ◽  
Descriptive Research ◽  
Research Questions ◽  
Number Of Publications ◽  
Study Context

Biology education research (BER) is a growing field, as evidenced by the increasing number of publications in CBE—Life Sciences Education ( LSE) and expanding participation at the Society for the Advancement of Biology Education Research (SABER) annual meetings. To facilitate an introspective and reflective discussion on how research within LSE and at SABER has matured, we conducted a content analysis of LSE research articles ( n = 339, from 2002 to 2015) and SABER abstracts ( n = 652, from 2011 to 2015) to examine three related intraresearch parameters: research questions, study contexts, and methodologies. Qualitative data analysis took a combination of deductive and inductive approaches, followed by statistical analyses to determine the correlations among different parameters. We identified existing research questions, study contexts, and methodologies in LSE articles and SABER abstracts and then compared and contrasted these parameters between the two data sources. LSE articles were most commonly guided by descriptive research questions, whereas SABER abstracts were most commonly guided by causal research questions. Research published in LSE and presented at SABER both prioritize undergraduate classrooms as the study context and quantitative methodologies. In this paper, we examine these research trends longitudinally and discuss implications for the future of BER as a scholarly field.

scholarly journals Biology Education Research—A Cultural (R)evolution

2012 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 333-334 ◽  
Author(s):  
Erin L. Dolan
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Biology Education

scholarly journals Mixed-Methods Design in Biology Education Research: Approach and Uses

2016 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. rm5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdi-Rizak M. Warfa
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Mixed Methods ◽  
Educational Research ◽  
Mixed Methods Research ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Mixed Methods Design ◽  
Methodological Issues ◽  
Practical Guidelines ◽  
Single Method

Educational research often requires mixing different research methodologies to strengthen findings, better contextualize or explain results, or minimize the weaknesses of a single method. This article provides practical guidelines on how to conduct such research in biology education, with a focus on mixed-methods research (MMR) that uses both quantitative and qualitative inquiries. Specifically, the paper provides an overview of mixed-methods design typologies most relevant in biology education research. It also discusses common methodological issues that may arise in mixed-methods studies and ways to address them. The paper concludes with recommendations on how to report and write about MMR.

scholarly journals An early exploration of undergraduate student definitions of learning, memorizing, studying, and understanding

2021 ◽  
Vol 45 (2) ◽  
pp. 342-352
Author(s):  
Staci N. Johnson ◽  
Eliza D. Gallagher
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Research Team ◽  
Research Study ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Interview Protocol ◽  
Anatomy And Physiology ◽  
Process And Outcome ◽  
Early Exploration ◽  
Specific Definition

Biology education research often utilizes the terms learning, memorizing, studying, and understanding without providing their specific definition. When definitions have been provided, they are often inconsistent across publications. As part of a larger research study, we interviewed 11 participants on 2 occasions while they were enrolled in a sequence of anatomy and physiology courses. Part of the interview protocol asked participants for their definitions of learning, memorizing, studying, and understanding. Definitions were isolated from the transcript, deidentified, and sorted by qualitative similarities. The research team developed code categories and assigned definitions to these groups after discussing coding differences. Multiple definition groups emerged for each term. Learning, memorizing, and studying definition groups highlighted processes, outcomes, or a combination of both a process and outcome. Understanding definition groups focused solely on an outcome. These findings highlight the need for communication between students and instructors with regard to term usage. In addition, future research in biology and physiology education should be careful to provide working definitions of these terms to ensure communicative and interpretive validity and to promote transferability and repeatability of findings.

scholarly journals Insights from the Inclusive Environments and Metrics in Biology Education and Research Network: Our Experience Organizing Inclusive Biology Education Research Events

2020 ◽  
Vol 21 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rebecca A. Campbell-Montalvo ◽  
Natalia Caporale ◽  
Gary S. McDowell ◽  
Candice Idlebird ◽  
Katie M. Wiens ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Research Network

Comparing Normalized Gain g and Effect Size Cohen’s d to Measure the Improvement of Student’s Scientific Literacy

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Adib Rifqi Setiawan
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Student Learning ◽  
Effect Size ◽  
Physics Education ◽  
Scientific Literacy ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Physics Education Research ◽  
Cohen’S D ◽  
Cohen's D ◽  
Normalized Gain

In this work I investigate about my curiousity. My investigation focused on the implications on claims about student learning that result from choosing between one of two metrics. The metrics are normalized gain g, which is the most common method used in Physics Education Research (PER), and effect size Cohen’s d, which is broadly used in Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) including Biology Education Research (BER). Data for the analyses came from the research about scientific literacy on Physics and Biology Education from courses at institutions across Indonesia. This work reveals that the bias in normalized gaing can harm efforts to improve student’s scientific literacy by misrepresenting the efficacy of teaching practices across populations of students and across institutions. This work, also, recommends use effect size Cohen’s d for measuring student learning, based on reliability statistical method for calculating student learning.

A Portal into Biology Education: An Annotated List of Commonly Encountered Terms

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Azra Iqony
Keyword(s):  
Education Research ◽  
Biology Education ◽  
Annotated List

Exploring a new discipline can be daunting in any field, and biology education is no exception. The authors provide a resource for those who are new to explorations of the biology education and biology education research worlds, including key terminology, brief definitions, and links to literature for further explorations.

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