Molecular Biology Using Team-Based Learning

Abstract

My goal is to create a course that excites students about molecular biology, encourages them to deeply learn the content, builds on their ability to collaborate with their classmates, stimulates more critical thinking in the classroom, inspire life-long learning, and decrease my non-passing rate to 15% or lower. Team-Based Learning (TBL) is the pedagogical approach that can foster this multifaceted development, especially in students who are from disadvantaged environments and at high-risk for not completing their college education. I have piloted BIO 220 in Spring 2016 as TBL but found the need to make significant adjustments to the course to improve its impact. This CRT project allowed me the resources to 1) modify the structure of my TBL course, 2) improve the effectiveness of my team exercises, and 3) research the vast collection of science educational videos on the internet to identify those that are suitable to supplement my course material. At the conclusion of my redesigned BIO 220 course in Spring 2017, I had successfully lowered my non-passing rate to 8%.

ePortfolio Author
Chun, Helen
School Year
16-17
Subject