Newman-Griffis, Anna H;
Sypolt, Emily;
Sagatelova, Mary;
Cubonova, Lubomira;
Danhart, Eric;
Kulesza, Amy E;
(2020)
Data Analysis Recitation Activities Support Better Understanding in SEA-PHAGES CURE.
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10.24918/cs.2020.48.
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Abstract
Course-based undergraduate research experiences (CUREs) are widely known to improve student learning outcomes in the sciences. Undergraduate students have a particularly difficult time interpreting the scientific data that they generate in these experiences – especially when lacking opportunity and exposure to science processes prior to entering higher education. Therefore, it is vital to structure these research experiences such that students can see maximal gains in their skills. This is especially true in the SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) lab experience, which focuses on bacteriophages – a subject about which most undergraduate students have limited knowledge. In the SEA-PHAGES lab experience at The Ohio State University, we observed that while students made rapid gains in science process skills over the course of the semester, they still struggled to interpret the data they generated. To address this issue, we designed and implemented a set of five recitation activities to complement the lab experience, termed Recitation Activities to Improve Literacy in Science (RAILS). Using an adapted student assessment of learning gains (SALG) survey, we observed that these activities improved students' perceived ability to interpret their data, and students reported that they experienced significant gains in their data analysis ability as a result of the activities. We hope that other SEA-PHAGES instructors will similarly benefit from utilizing these recitation activities as part of their implementation of the curriculum. Primary image: Phages on RAILS. A bacteriophage is pictured driving a train engine down a track.
| Type: | Article |
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| Title: | Data Analysis Recitation Activities Support Better Understanding in SEA-PHAGES CURE |
| Open access status: | An open access version is available from UCL Discovery |
| DOI: | 10.24918/cs.2020.48 |
| Publisher version: | https://doi.org/10.24918/cs.2020.48 |
| Language: | English |
| Additional information: | Copyright: © 2020 Newman-Griffis, Sypolt, Sagatelova, Cubonova, Danhart, and Kulesza. This is an open-access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License, which permits unrestricted non-commercial use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. The authors affirm that they own the copyright to the text, figures, tables, artwork, abstract, summaries, and supporting materials in this manuscript. |
| Keywords: | bacteriophage, DNA extraction, Gel analysis, Phage purification, Titer calculation, Viral replicative growth |
| UCL classification: | UCL UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > School of Life and Medical Sciences > Faculty of Life Sciences > Div of Biosciences > Genetics, Evolution and Environment |
| URI: | https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10176736 |
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