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Direct linkDiane K. Angell; Sharon Lane-Getaz; Taylor Okonek; Stephanie Smith – CBE - Life Sciences Education, 2024
Preparing for exams in introductory biology classrooms is a complex metacognitive task. Focusing on lower achieving students (those with entering ACT scores below the median at our institution), we compared the effect of two different assignments distributed ahead of exams by dividing classes in half to receive either terms to define or open-ended…
Descriptors: Test Preparation, Metacognition, Introductory Courses, Biology
