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Teaching Freshman to Think--Does Active Learning Work?

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Goodwin, Leonard; And Others – Bioscience, 1991

Reports on the impact of an introductory biology course sequence that incorporated experience-based, group learning. Achievement results indicate that students were not disadvantaged by this new approach and, in fact, displayed a superior grasp of group-work, open lab utilization, and creative problem solutions. Attitudes regarding anxiety over…

Descriptors: Biology, Classroom Techniques, Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions