CBE-Life Sciences Education

Papers
(The median citation count of CBE-Life Sciences Education is 4. The table below lists those papers that are above that threshold based on CrossRef citation counts [max. 250 papers]. The publications cover those that have been published in the past four years, i.e., from 2022-01-01 to 2026-01-01.)
ArticleCitations
Developmental Trajectories of Student Self-Perception over a Yearlong Introductory Biology Sequence83
Using a STEM Course on Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Accessibility to Explore Student Reflections on their Socialization into STEM and their Observations of the Figured World of Higher Education S77
Students with Disabilities in Life Science Undergraduate Research Experiences: Challenges and Opportunities75
A Study Planning Exercise Associated with Decreased Distraction Levels among Introductory Biology Students54
Using Systems and Systems Thinking to Unify Biology Education50
Reflective Practices in Education: A Primer for Practitioners43
Factors Influencing Student Motivations and Experiences in STEM Course Office Hours42
Elevating Marginalized Student Experiences of Belonging in the Life Sciences: A Qualitative Case Study Approach37
Which Group Dynamics Matter: Social Predictors of Student Achievement in Team-Based Undergraduate Science Classrooms37
The Influence of Instructor Behaviors and the Perceived Motivational Climate on Undergraduate Students’ Experiences in College STEM Laboratories35
“No matter what your story is, there is a place for you in science”: Students’ Ability to Relate to Scientists Positively Shifts after Scientist Spotlight Assignments, Especially for First-Generation 32
A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Improves Outcomes in Mentored Research30
A Longitudinal Study Identifying the Characteristics and Content Knowledge of Those Seeking Certification to Teach Secondary Biology in the United States30
Cultivating PhD Aspirations during College29
Undergraduate STEM Students’ Perceptions of Grading Practices Reveal that Quiz Retakes Positively Impact Drivers of Self-determination26
Designing Activities to Teach Higher-Order Skills: How Feedback and Constraint Affect Learning of Experimental Design24
Factors Predicting the Extent to which STEM Students Value Cross-Disciplinary Skills: A Study across Four Institutions24
What I Wish My Instructor Knew: How Active Learning Influences the Classroom Experiences and Self-Advocacy of STEM Majors with ADHD and Specific Learning Disabilities24
What a Difference in Pressure Makes! A Framework Describing Undergraduate Students’ Reasoning about Bulk Flow Down Pressure Gradients24
Opening the Pathway: An Example of Universal Design for Learning as a Guide to Inclusive Teaching Practices24
The Role of Faculty in Cultivating Thriving Campus STEM Ecosystems24
Supervised Study: Required Independent Research at a Community College Supports Persistence in Science23
The Impact of Postgraduate Mentors on Undergraduate Researcher Gains22
Engaging with CC Bio INSITES: Experiences of Barriers, Supports, and Belonging in Community College Faculty Participating in Biology Education Research22
Empowering Disabled Voices: A Practical Guide for Methodological Shifts in Biology Education Research22
Development of the Mentoring in Undergraduate Research Survey21
Undergraduate Biology Students’ Climate Change Communication Experiences Indicate a Need for Discipline-Based Education Research on Science Communication Education about Culturally Controversial Scien21
Overcoming the Barriers to Teaching Teamwork to Undergraduates in STEM21
Low-stakes Scientist Spotlight Assignment Demonstrates High Value and Multiple Effects for Introductory Biology Students20
Co-teaching in Undergraduate STEM Education: A Lever for Pedagogical Change toward Evidence-Based Teaching?20
Cisnormative Language and Erasure of Trans* and Genderqueer Student Representation in Biology Education Research20
Access to Online Formative Assessments in Lower-Division Undergraduate Biology Courses: Investigating Barriers to Student Engagement20
Mentorship for Transfer Student Success in STEM Research: Mentor Approaches and Reflections19
Family Helps Transform the STEM Pathways of Community College Women of Color STEM Majors19
How Do Instructors Explain The Mechanism by which ATP Drives Unfavorable Processes?19
“Your Family is Always With You”: Perceptions of Parental Relationships Among Hispanic/Latinx Young Adults Pursuing STEM Careers19
Examining Faculty Dynamics in the Development of New Undergraduate Curricula that Transcend Disciplinary Silos19
Replication of an Intervention to Mitigate Gender Bias in Student Evaluations of Teaching Yields Variable Results Across a Biology Department19
Student Motivations and Barriers toward Online and In-Person Office Hours in STEM Courses18
Exploring Student Perspectives: How Graduate Students in a Life Science Department Define Success17
Emotion, Fact, and Anthropogenic Disturbances: Undergraduate Attitudes Toward Wildfire and Urbanization after a Brief Intervention17
Undergraduate Biology Lecture Courses Predominantly Test Facts about Science Rather than Scientific Practices17
Sustainability and Justice: Challenges and Opportunities for an Open STEM Education16
Expanding Research on Responsive Teaching16
Demographics Matter: Non-white and White Life Science Graduate Students Perceive and Use Resources Differently16
Highlighting Counterstereotypical Scientists in Undergraduate Life Science Courses16
Breaking Stereotypes: How Undergraduates’ Life Experiences of Scientists Shape their Scopes of Possibility16
Moving the Needle: Evidence of an Effective Study Strategy Intervention in a Community College Biology Course16
Inclusive Research Environments for Deaf and Hard of Hearing English Speakers16
Recent Research in Science Teaching and Learning15
A Multi-institutional Cluster Analysis to Identify Groups of Courses with Exemplary Opportunity Gaps for Undergraduate Students in the Biological Sciences15
Broadening Participation in Biology Education Research: A role for affinity groups in promoting social connectivity, self-efficacy, and belonging14
An Instructor’s Guide to Including Traditional Ecological Knowledge in the Undergraduate Biology Classroom14
Impacts of Learning Assistants on Student Belonging and Confidence Vary Across Science Disciplines and Course Contexts14
What Makes a Good Match? Predictors of Quality Mentorship Among Doctoral Students13
Metacognition and Self-Efficacy in Action: How First-Year Students Monitor and Use Self-Coaching to Move Past Metacognitive Discomfort During Problem Solving13
Putting the Pieces Together: Student Thinking about Transformations of Energy and Matter13
Puerto Rican Students Rising in STEM: Findings from a Multicampus Collaborative CURE Program to Promote Student Success13
Factors Influencing Retention of Transgender and Gender Nonconforming Students in Undergraduate STEM Majors13
Investigating Instructor Talk among Graduate Teaching Assistants in Undergraduate Biology Laboratory Classrooms12
What College Biology Students Know about How Vaccines Work12
Learning Introductory Biology: Students’ Concept-Building Approaches Predict Transfer on Biology Exams12
To Cope or Not to Cope? Characterizing Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant (GTA) Coping with Teaching and Research Anxieties12
Evaluating a National Biomedical Training Program Using QuantCrit: Revealing Disparities in Research Self-efficacy for Women of Color Undergraduates12
Insights from What Kids Can Do12
Relationships between Prediction Accuracy, Metacognitive Reflection, and Performance in Introductory Genetics Students11
Similarity and Contact Frequency Promote Mentorship Quality among Hispanic Undergraduates in STEM11
Broadening Access to STEM through the Community College: Investigating the Role of Course-Based Research Experiences (CREs)11
Peer-Modeled Mindsets: An Approach to Customizing Life Sciences Studying Interventions11
Experience with Scientific Teaching in Face-to-Face Settings Promoted Usage of Evidence-Based Practices during Emergency Remote Teaching11
“Oh, that makes sense”: Social Metacognition in Small-Group Problem Solving11
“Big Ideas” of Introductory Chemistry and Biology Courses and the Connections between Them10
Beyond the Traditional Classroom: Increased Course Structure and Cooperative Learning Remove Differences in Achievement between Students in an In-Person versus Hybrid Microbiology Course10
Understanding the Benefits of Residential Field Courses: The Importance of Class Learning Goal Orientation and Class Belonging10
Metacognitive Exam Preparation Assignments in an Introductory Biology Course Improve Exam Scores for Lower ACT Students Compared with Assignments that Focus on Terms10
Student Perspectives of Success and Failure in Biology Lecture: Multifaceted Definitions and Misalignments10
An Undergraduate Health Care Experience Course Increases Confidence and Improves Student Understanding of Health Care Careers10
Forming Groups in a Large-Enrollment Biology Class: Group Permanence Matters More than Group Size10
Self-Efficacy is a Stronger Predictor of Final Grade Than Motivation in an Introductory Biology Course: A Structural Equation Analysis10
Supporting Multilingual Science Learners10
Research Anxiety Predicts Undergraduates’ Intentions to Pursue Scientific Research Careers10
The Sense of Belonging Quotient: Relating Sense of Belonging to Predictors of Scientific Civic Engagement and Science Identity in Civically Engaged Curricula9
Evidence for the Efficacy of Conflict-reducing Practices in Undergraduate Evolution Education in a Randomized Controlled Study9
Students’ Emotions, Perceived Coping, and Outcomes in Response to Research-Based Challenges and Failures in Two Sequential CUREs9
Yours, Mine, Sometimes Ours: Uncovering the Experiences of Biologists Searching for Academic Jobs Together9
The Experiences of Students with Concealable Muslim Identities During Peer Interactions in Undergraduate Biology Courses9
Engaging Students around the Complex Socioscientific Issue of Sustainability: Affordances and Tensions of Faculty Working across Disciplines to Develop Transdisciplinary Curricula9
The Tangible Benefits of Disability and Accessibility Awareness in Evolutionary Biology College Courses Centered in Universal Design for Learning (UDL)9
Investigating Student Noticing of Quantitative Reasoning in Introductory Biology Labs8
A Student-Centered, Entrepreneurship Development (ASCEND) Undergraduate Summer Research Program: Foundational Training for Health Research8
Gender Identity and Student Perceptions of Peer Research Aptitude in CUREs and Traditional Laboratory Courses in the Biological Sciences8
The Experiences of Undergraduates with Depression in Online Science Learning Environments8
An Exploratory Mixed-Methods Analysis of Factors Contributing to Students’ Perceptions of Inclusion in Introductory STEM Courses8
Change as a Scientific Enterprise: Practical Suggestions about Using Change Theory8
Increased Pass Rates in Introductory Biology: Benefits and Potential Costs of Implementing a Mathematics Prerequisite in a Community College Setting8
Challenging Misconceptions about Race in Undergraduate Genetics8
Thriving or Simply Surviving? A Qualitative Exploration of STEM Community College Students’ Transition to a Four-Year University8
Biology Students’ Math and Computer Science Task Values Are Closely Linked8
It Takes Two: Online and In-person Discussions Offer Complementary Learning Opportunities for Students8
Exploring the Complementarity of Measures of Instructional Practices8
A CURE Lab in Introductory Biology at a Regional Comprehensive University Negatively Impacts Student Success in the Associated Lecture Course Among Students from Groups Underrepresented in Science8
Probing Visual Literacy Skills Reveals Unexpected Student Conceptions of Chromosomes7
Annotations of LSE Research: Students Identify How to Support their Transfer from Community College7
Student Thinking in the Professional Development of College Biology Instructors: An Analysis through the Lens of Sociocultural Theory7
Probing Internal Assumptions of the Revised Bloom’s Taxonomy7
Self-Testing and Follow-Through of Learning Strategies Supports Student Success7
Improving University Life Science Instruction with Analogies: Insights from a Course for Graduate Teaching Assistants7
“It's More Of A Me-Thing Than An Evolution Thing”: Exploring The Validity Of Evolution Acceptance Measures Using Student Interviews7
The Making of Future Scientists: Faculty Mentor Cultural Awareness and Inclusive Science Labs7
Drawing on Internal Strengths and Creating Spaces for Growth: How Black Science Majors Navigate the Racial Climate at a Predominantly White Institution to Succeed7
Undergraduate R Programming Anxiety in Ecology: Persistent Gender Gaps and Coping Strategies7
Few LGBTQ+ Science and Engineering Instructors Come Out to Students, Despite Potential Benefits7
“Scientists are People too”: Biology Students Relate More to Scientists When They are Humanized in Course Materials7
A Community-Based, Culturally Engaging STEM Learning Environment and Its Impact on Students’ Psychosocial Attributes at a Rural Hispanic Serving Institution (HSI)7
Confronting the Legacy of Eugenics and Ableism: Towards Anti-Ableist Bioscience Education7
A CURE on the Evolution of Antibiotic Resistance in Escherichia coli Improves Student Conceptual Understanding7
“I don’t Know what I Would do Without it” How Life Science Graduate Students Describe Resource Value7
Unveiling Concealable Stigmatized Identities in Class: The Impact of an Instructor Revealing Her LGBTQ+ Identity to Students in a Large-Enrollment Biology Course7
Re-Envisioning the Culture of Undergraduate Biology Education to Foster Black Student Success: A Clarion Call6
Collaborative Teaching plus (CT+): A Timely, Flexible, and Dynamic Course Design Implemented during Emergency Remote Teaching in an Introductory Biology Course6
Instructional Models for Course-Based Research Experience (CRE) Teaching6
Intersecting Identities: A Look at How Ethnic Identity Interacts With Science Identity in Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Students6
A card-sorting tool to measure expert versus novice thinking in scientific research6
Cross-disciplinary CURE Program Increases Educational Aspirations in a Large Community College6
Teaching Discipline-Based Problem Solving6
Addressing Racism in Human Genetics and Genomics Education6
Examining the Variations in Undergraduate Students’ Conceptions of Successful Researchers: A Phenomenographic Study6
Guides to Advance Teaching Evaluation (GATEs): A Resource for STEM Departments Planning Robust and Equitable Evaluation Practices6
Who is Represented in the Research on Undergraduate Research Experiences in the Natural Sciences? A Review of Literature6
Virtually the Same? Evaluating the Effectiveness of Remote Undergraduate Research Experiences6
Participation in Undergraduate Research Reduces Equity Gaps in STEM Graduation Rates5
“It made me feel like a bigger part of the STEM community”: Incorporation of Learning Assistants Enhances Students’ Sense of Belonging in a Large Introductory Biology Course5
“Broadening Perspectives Activities” Improve LGBTQ+ Student Experiences and Religious Students’ Content Comprehension5
Understanding Randomness on a Molecular Level: A Diagnostic Tool5
The Power of Peer Experiences: Shifts in Science Motivation and Impacts on Performance5
A Road Map for Planning Course Transformation Using Learning Objectives5
The Answer is “No”: A Comment on Peugh and Feldon (2020)5
Promoting Achievement for Community College STEM Students through Equity-Minded Practices5
Community College Student Understanding and Perceptions of Evolution5
Exploring Undergraduate Biochemistry Students’ Gesture Production Through an Embodied Framework5
The Gendered Impact of Depression on Undergraduate Students’ Research Gains: Can More Competent Mentors Help?4
Why Students Struggle in Undergraduate Biology: Sources and Solutions4
Comparing the Outcomes of Face-to-Face and Synchronous Online Research Mentor Training Using Propensity Score Matching4
Disrupting the Master Narrative in Academic Biology as LGBTQ+ Ph.D. Students: Learning, Teaching, and Conducting Research4
How Linked Interdisciplinary CUREs Impact Student Social Networks and Thinking About the Value of Other Disciplines4
Social Justice, Community Engagement, and Undergraduate STEM Education: Participatory Science as a Teaching Tool4
Writing and Using Learning Objectives4
Building the Next Chapter of LSE: New Sections, New Voices, New Opportunities4
Beyond Gender and Race: The Representation of Concealable Identities Among College Science Instructors at Research Institutions4
“How Do We Do This at a Distance?!” A Descriptive Study of Remote Undergraduate Research Programs during COVID-194
University Biology Classrooms as Spaces for Anti-racist Work: Instructor Motivations for Incorporating Race, Racism, and Racial Equity Content4
Building Authentic Science Experiences: Students’ Perceptions of Sequential Course-Based Undergraduate Research4
Who is in Our STEM Courses and How do We Know? Student Self-Descriptions, Intersectionality and Inclusive Education4
The Impact of Context on Students’ Framing and Reasoning about Fluid Dynamics4
Recognizing Compatibility, but Hesitant about In-Class Discussion: Nonreligious Biology Graduate Teaching Assistant Perceptions of the Relationship between Religion and Evolution4
Examining How Student Identities Interact with an Immersive Field Ecology Course and its Implications for Graduate School Education4
Accuracy and Idea Consideration: A Study of Small-Group Interaction in Biology4
A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) in Biology: Developing Systems Thinking through Field Experiences in Restoration Ecology4
Students’ Experiences and Perceptions of the Scientific Research Culture after Participating in Different Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience Models4
Costs and Benefits of Undergraduates Revealing Depression to Online Science Instructors4
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