Student perception of group dynamics predicts individual performance: Comfort and equity matter
Active learning in college classes and participation in the workforce frequently hinge on small group work. However, group dynamics vary, ranging from equitable collaboration to dysfunctional groups dominated by one individual. To explore how group dynamics impact student learning, we asked students in a large-enrollment university biology class to self-report their experience during in-class group work. Specifically, we asked students whether there was a friend in their group, whether they were comfortable in their group, and whether someone dominated their group.
Identification and Validation of Small- Gatekeeper Kinases as Drug Targets in Giardia lamblia
Berman's Chosen
Recent rumblings about the reinstatement of the program to monitor the science-made werewolves have turned out to be true and closer than anyone thought. But it turns out they are only after certain members.
Jack, the pack F Alpha, is unwillingly on the sidelines as the world around him began to unravel, mostly at the hands of one of his closest friends. Now a new secret she has kept for decades has come to light, one that not only rocks the werewolf world from within, but broadens it to a bigger and more dangerous playing field than he could have ever imagined.
The ICAP Active Learning Framework Predicts the Learning Gains Observed in Intensely Active Classroom Experiences
STEM classrooms (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics) in postsecondary education are rapidly improved by the proper use of active learning techniques. These techniques occupy a descriptive spectrum that transcends passive teaching toward active, constructive, and, finally, interactive methods. While aspects of this framework have been examined, no large-scale or actual classroom-based data exist to inform postsecondary education STEM instructors about possible learning gains.
SCPP genes in the coelacanth: tissue mineralization genes shared by sarcopterygians
The coelacanth is the basal-most extant sarcopterygian that has teeth and tooth-like structures, comprising bone, dentin, and enamel or enameloid. Formation of these tissues involves many members of the secretory calcium-binding protein (SCPP) family. In tetrapods, acidic-residue-rich SCPPs are used in mineralization of bone and dentin, whereas Pro/Gln-rich SCPPs participate in enamel formation. Teleosts also employ many SCPPs for tissue mineralization.