KATHY ZOGHBY
University of Richmond
Richmond, Virginia
•PUI with ~2800 undergraduates
•Push for average class size of 16
•Average SAT (math and reading)
1280
•20% of undergraduates come from Virginia
•17% of undergraduates are American students of
color
•5% of undergraduates are international students
•91% of undergraduates live on campus
REASON FOR APPLYING TO BSPRR
•Non-majors
science students in Human
Genetics course
•Challenge of engaging this resistant population
•May,
2009 I attended the Teaching Case Studies
in Science workshop, Buffalo, NY and ASMCUE
•Classpedagogy
was re-created using the active learning
of team-based learning (TBL)
CAN THE USE OF TEAM-BASED LEARNING IN A
NON-MAJORS HUMAN GENETICS CLASSROOM
LEAD TO HIGHER STUDENT LEARNING GAINS?
Active
Learning
Better
Grades
Attitude
Engagement
RESEARCH DESIGN
Survey of demographics – GPA, class year, major,
genetics information background
 Pre-class interest in science survey (Likert scale)
 Compare final grades and final exam scores
 Genetics Concept Assessment (Smith, et al.,
2008)
 Selected questions from assessment and correlate
with answers on post science knowledge
survey(Likert scale)
 Does team-based learning increase potential for
non-majors science learning gains………
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