@article{7af1db10e7e34d90aa199e370ec0f287,
title = "Tools for change: Measuring student conceptual understanding across undergraduate biology programs using bio-maps assessments",
abstract = "Assessing learning across a biology major can help departments monitor achievement of broader program-level goals and identify opportunities for curricular improvement. However, biology departments have lacked suitable tools to measure learning at the program scale. To address this need, we developed four freely available assessments called Biology-Measuring Achievement and Progression in Science or Bio-MAPS for general biology, molecular biology, ecology/evolution, and physiology programs. When administered at multiple time points in a curriculum, these instruments can provide departments with information on how student conceptual understanding changes across a major and help guide curricular modifications to enhance learning.",
author = "Smith, {Michelle K.} and Brownell, {Sara E.} and Crowe, {Alison J.} and Holmes, {N. G.} and Knight, {Jennifer K.} and Katharine Semsar and Summers, {Mindi M.} and Cole Walsh and Wright, {Christian D.} and Couch, {Brian A.}",
note = "Funding Information: This work was supported by a collaborative grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Transforming Undergraduate Education in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (TUES) program to JKK and BAC (DUE-1322364), MKS (DUE-1322556), and SEB and AJC (DUE-1323010). The funders had no role in study design, data collection and analysis, decision to publish, or preparation of the manuscript. Example data collection was approved by the Institutional Review Board at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln (protocol 14618). Web portal development was classified as exempt by the Cornell Institutional Review Board (protocol 1808008199). The authors declare that there are no conflicts of interest. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2019 American Society for Microbiology. All rights reserved.",
year = "2019",
month = jan,
doi = "10.1128/JMBE.V20I2.1787",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "20",
journal = "Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education",
issn = "1935-7877",
publisher = "American Society for Microbiology",
number = "2",
}