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gr8 summary of latest learning research

looks like an interesting paper:  This article proposes integrating self-assessment tools into the formative assessment process to improve the students' metacognitive skills. By integrating these steps into lawyering skills courses and clinics, professors are more likely to help students "learn like a lawyer." The articles discusses metacognition, effective formative assessment techniques, and practical ideas on how to improve the learning of law students.

Pogil - Process Oriented Guided Inquiry Learning. Tremendous cache of resources, particulary in chemistry for inquiry based learning

Great resource for project based learning

hese results seem to indicate a troubling disconnect between how students (novice learners in the discipline), learn and understand their course material and how faculty (expert learners in the discipline) traditionally approach and teach this material. Possible reasons for this disconnect become clearer when we look at what differentiates an expert from a novice learner.

good article from science that makes argument that students should draw more to learn science. 

Great website for managing project based learning. 

Very interesting proposal for transforming the way genetics is taught in biology courses. 

Best genetics and biotechnology website - lots of simulations, online labs, activities, etc. Very interactive!

A provocative piece from a really great biology blogger on how the microscope "e" lab and learning all the parts of the microscope kills interest in biology. Instead, have students start by observing real, live, big things under a dissecting scope or a magnifying glass first. 

could be good to use in bio class when we do bacteria. direct clinical application of bacteria. especially useful for adding to the "human" form we use to help reinforce clinical applications of the material we learn.

Many science educators advocate conceptual or qualitative physics, the notion that physics is best taught not by mathematical formulae, but rather through experiments, labs, demonstrations, and visualizations which help students understand physical phenomena conceptually. Consistent with the Physics First curricular movement, this perspective maintains that a deep, fundamental understanding of physics provides a solid basis for future science learning.

good library of questions for clickers

Fascinating profile of what a inquiry based, connected science classroom looks like

Pigeons can learn abstract numerical rules, a skill that scientists had believed only primates possessed. Although the birds may not be able to do higher math, their ability to reason numerically is likely something that a wide variety of species can do, too, researchers say.

recommended site with videos an interactive resources for studying biology