Dr. Avery Russell, Assistant Professor of Biology received an Assessment Grant for his project, Toward Enhanced Teaching of Evolution: Supervised Peer-Mentoring by Graduate Students. This project will allow graduate students taking BIO 515/616 (Evolution) to become peer mentors. Prior to each weekly Recitation, peer mentors will learn the material with the opportunity to ask … [Read more...] about Toward Enhanced Teaching of Evolution: Supervised Peer-Mentoring by Graduate Students
Congratulations to Biology instructor Tina Hopper, who won an Assessment Grant for the Summer 2019 semester. Hopper’s project hopes to increase collaboration between general education instructors in Biology. Her hope is that if all general education instructors have parallel goals, all students will have a parallel learning experience regardless of which section of BIO 101 … [Read more...] about Increasing Collaboration to Enhance Student Learning in BIO 101
The Senior Survey is the first part of the University Exit Exam. It is a brief series of questions selected to satisfy state reporting requirements and for internal efforts at program improvement. This includes first-destination information, a satisfaction item, and the chance for students to comment on their experience at MSU. At times, the Senior Survey includes additional … [Read more...] about Fall 2018 Senior Survey Summary: College of Natural & Applied Sciences
Dr. LaToya Kissoon-Charles Assistant Professor, Biology To see more funded grants, check out our Internal Assessment Grant page. Project Participants Individuals who have worked on this project at Missouri State University included La Toya Kissoon-Charles (Assistant Professor, Biology), Tina Hopper (Senior Instructor, Biology), and Deanna Means (undergraduate student, … [Read more...] about Quantitative Tasks in Undergraduate Biology: Assessment of Student Attitudes and Quantitative Abilities-Preliminary Report for Funded Grant
by Dr. Keri Franklin What Do Today’s Wildlife Biologists Need to Know? Assessment for improvement is essential to the Biology Department. Conversations about student learning permeate hallway conversations. Through faculty conversations about student learning in the hallway, in department meetings, and an … [Read more...] about Closing the Loop: Student Learning in Biology