Resources for Teaching and Assessing the Vision and Change Biology Core Concepts

Abstract

A suite of resources aligned with the core concepts of Vision and Change are presented to help instructors teach and assess student understanding of the core concepts.

BioSkills Guide: Development and National Validation of a Tool for Interpreting theVision and ChangeCore Competencies

“…Institutional change has been shown to be most effective when the work is envisioned and led by those directly impacted by the change (Henderson et al, 2010). A similar grassroots approach was used to develop Vision and Change itself, as well as related frameworks elaborating the core concepts (Brownell et al, 2014a;Cary and Branchaw, 2017), which have been widely utilized in our field (Smith et al, 2019;Branchaw et al, 2020). We believe this approach is another reason why Vision and Change has been so impactful in biology education.…”

From panic to pedagogy: Using online active learning to promote inclusive instruction in ecology and evolutionary biology courses and beyond

“…The content we provide is not an all-encompassing list (see Brownell & Tanner, 2012;Petersen et al, 2020), but along with the quick-reference active learning activities (Table 1) and web resources (Table 2) Change (AAAS, 2011(AAAS, , 2015(AAAS, , 2018. Excellent tools exist to help biology faculty implement this framework in their courses, for example the BioCore Guide (Brownell et al, 2014;Cary & Branchaw, 2017) and the BioSkills Guide (Clemmons et al, 2020 In addition to making changes within individual courses, implementation of curriculum-wide changes at the department level are also possible, discussed in depth by Branchaw et al (2020). However, of particular relevance to this discussion are two specific Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science (Bio-MAPS) tools.…”

“…In addition to making changes within individual courses, implementation of curriculum‐wide changes at the department level are also possible, discussed in depth by Branchaw et al. (2020). However, of particular relevance to this discussion are two specific Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science (Bio‐MAPS) tools.…”

BioSkills Guide: Development and National Validation of a Tool for Interpreting the Vision and Change Core Competencies

“…Institutional change has been shown to be most effective when the work is envisioned and led by those directly impacted by the change (Henderson, 2010). A similar grassroots approach was used to develop Vision and Change itself, as well as related frameworks elaborating the core concepts and Cary & Branchaw, 2017), which have been widely utilized in our field (Branchaw et al, 2020;Smith et al, 2019). We believe this approach is another reason why Vision and Change has been so impactful in biology education.…”