A Framework for Teaching and Learning Graphing in Undergraduate Biology

Supporting Student Competencies in Graph Reading, Interpretation, Construction, and Evaluation

“…that provide learning objectives, short graphing exercises and assessments that can be easily incorporated into the curriculum. While instructors may not be able to devote an entire semester to a large-scale intervention, they can emphasize one or more elements from the designing graphing activities framework ( Gardner et al. , 2022 ).…”

“…Having students collaborate, collect and curate authentic, messy, meaningful data promotes student confidence, motivation, and encourages them to engage in higher-order thinking by connecting experimental design with graphing ( Gardner et al. , 2022 ).…”

“…The last example is of a 4-year interventional study in an upper-level physiology laboratory course. The authors found that using the evidence-based graphing materials coupled with explicit instruction is beneficial to student learning and graphical skill development ( Gardner et al. , 2022 ).…”

“…, 2020 ). In addition, the use of graphing in biology is employed throughout experimentation and inquiry including during the early design stages to data exploration and on to formal communication of findings to others ( Gardner et al. , 2022 ; Pelaez et al.…”

Student Conceptions of pH Buffers Using a Resource Framework: Layered Resource Graphs and Levels of Resource Activation

“…Another perspective is to take an experimental approach. Gardner et al 46 advocate that learning activities should be designed in a backward approach by first considering the learning outcomes and then developing learning strategies that are aligned with them. Instead of targeting only learning outcomes, it would be possible to target resource activation.…”