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View article: Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges, a Network of Biology and Mathematics Faculty Focused on Improving Numerical and Quantitative Skills of Students
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges, a Network of Biology and Mathematics Faculty Focused on Improving Numerical and Quantitative Skills of Students Open
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is an NSF-funded, RCN-UBE grant that builds collaborative teams of biology, mathematics, and statistics faculty from community colleges across the United States to generate ready-to-implem…
View article: Opening the Pathway: An Example of Universal Design for Learning as a Guide to Inclusive Teaching Practices
Opening the Pathway: An Example of Universal Design for Learning as a Guide to Inclusive Teaching Practices Open
The Opening the Pathway conference focused on raising awareness about careers in biotechnology and student success in introductory biology. The conference engaged participants in addressing the role of a Universal Design for Learning appro…
View article: Developing the BETTSI: A tree‐thinking diagnostic tool to assess individual elements of representational competence
Developing the BETTSI: A tree‐thinking diagnostic tool to assess individual elements of representational competence Open
Phylogenies are a ubiquitous visual representation of core concepts in evolutionary biology and it is important that students develop an ability to read and correctly interpret these diagrams. However, as with any representation of complex…
View article: BETTSI - Basic Evolutionary Tree-Thinking Skills Instrument
BETTSI - Basic Evolutionary Tree-Thinking Skills Instrument Open
A short, multiple choice diagnostic designed to provide instructors with a quick check on students’ understanding of and ability to read and interpret phylogenies.
View article: BioQUEST / QUBES Community Standards for Events
BioQUEST / QUBES Community Standards for Events Open
Community standards and expectations for in-person and online events hosted by BioQUEST and QUBES.
View article: Analysis of QB@CC FMN in the implementation of OER Modules
Analysis of QB@CC FMN in the implementation of OER Modules Open
Poster about the use of QB@CC modules in a faculty mentoring network. Presented at the 2021 BIOME Institute.
View article: Building Community-Based Approaches to Systemic Reform in Mathematical Biology Education
Building Community-Based Approaches to Systemic Reform in Mathematical Biology Education Open
Starting in the early 2000’s, several reports were released recognizing the convergence of mathematics, biology and computer science, and calling for a rethinking of how undergraduates are prepared for careers in research and the science a…
View article: Vertebrate Clade Race
Vertebrate Clade Race Open
This activity introduces basic tree reading skills for evolutionary phylogenies. It is designed as a short group activity. After completing this activity, students should be familiar with basic terminology and how to "read" a phylogenetic …
View article: QB@CC Poster for NABT 2020
QB@CC Poster for NABT 2020 Open
This is a poster presentation at the 2020 NABT Annual PD Conference. This poster describes the goals of QB@CC project, progress in the first year and an update on the upcoming events.
View article: CC-CURE Report Out from the BIOME 2020 Institute
CC-CURE Report Out from the BIOME 2020 Institute Open
This resource includes a collection of videos describing some of the outcomes from the Interdisciplinary and Cross Course CURE working group.
View article: Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges: Building a Community of Biology and Math Faculty to Develop and Disseminate Open Educational Resources
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges: Building a Community of Biology and Math Faculty to Develop and Disseminate Open Educational Resources Open
This is a poster presented at the SABER West 2020 conference. We introduced the grant's goals and objectives, described the leadership team and disseminated the information about the first network launch meeting.
View article: Welcome to the BIOME Institute
Welcome to the BIOME Institute Open
Slides for the BIOME Welcome on July 27, 2020
View article: “I Was Told There Would Be No Math Involved”
“I Was Told There Would Be No Math Involved” Open
Editorial| September 01 2019 “I Was Told There Would Be No Math Involved” Vedham Karpakakunjaram, Vedham Karpakakunjaram 2Professor, Biology Department Montgomery College Rockville, MD [email protected] Search for other works …
View article: Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges Network Meeting Code of Conduct
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges Network Meeting Code of Conduct Open
Code of Conduct for the Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QBCC) Network Meeting in February 2020
View article: Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age
Faculty Mentoring Networks: Community Professional Development for the Digital Age Open
Poster for BioQUEST Summer Workshop 2019 What is an FMN? What is it like to be in one? What are the benefits?
View article: A Curious Display
A Curious Display Open
Case study on genetically modified organisms
View article: Interdisciplinary biology education: a holistic approach to an intractable problem
Interdisciplinary biology education: a holistic approach to an intractable problem Open
Presentation on interdisciplinary biology education at the 2019 Great Lakes Bioinformatics Conference
View article: QUBES: An education gateway for professional development, OER sharing, and project support
QUBES: An education gateway for professional development, OER sharing, and project support Open
Poster about QUBES as an education gateway presented at the 2019 ASCN Transforming Institutions
View article: QUBES-ESA partnership uses online Faculty Mentoring Networks to prepare faculty for teaching quantitative biology to undergraduates
QUBES-ESA partnership uses online Faculty Mentoring Networks to prepare faculty for teaching quantitative biology to undergraduates Open
Poster on Faculty Mentoring Networks presented at ESA 2018
View article: Faculty professional development in quantitative biology promotes scholarly teaching
Faculty professional development in quantitative biology promotes scholarly teaching Open
Poster presented at NABT 2017 in St. Louis, Missouri
View article: 2014 QUBES Minisymposium at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research
2014 QUBES Minisymposium at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research Open
Collection of presentations that were part of a minisymposium at the Seventh International Symposium on Biomathematics and Ecology: Education and Research in 2014.
View article: 2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit
2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit Open
for a meeting, 2015 Quantitative Biology Education Summit.
View article: An invitation to modeling: building a community with shared explicit practices
An invitation to modeling: building a community with shared explicit practices Open
Models and the process of modeling are fundamental to the discipline of biology, and therefore should be incorporated into undergraduate biology courses. In this essay, we draw upon the literature and our own teaching experiences to provid…
View article: An invitation to modeling: building a community with shared explicit practices
An invitation to modeling: building a community with shared explicit practices Open
Models and the process of modeling are fundamental to the discipline of biology, and therefore should be incorporated into undergraduate biology courses. In this essay, we draw upon the literature and our own teaching experiences to provid…
View article: Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship
Design, Implementation, and Evaluation of Faculty Mentoring Networks: A Model for Promoting Faculty Teaching Scholarship Open
Presentation given as part of NABT Symposium discussing faculty mentoring networks and faculty teaching scholarship.
View article: QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education
QUBES: Building a community to promote undergraduate quantitative biology education Open
QUBES is designed to improve communication among educators, assist faculty in understanding and implementing novel content and teaching strategies in their classrooms, and create an academic reward system that emphasizes teaching as well a…