Research Projects
PIBERG members are currently involved in a wide array of projects.
Biological Research Methods
- Assessment of Competence in Experimental Design in Biology (ACED Bio) Network, NSF/BIO RCN-UBE Award #1346567
- Download the ACED Bio Network Project Summary (Stephanie Gardner, Trevor Anderson, and Nancy Pelaez)
- Tree-thinking about evolutionary history
- Experimental Reasoning, Deviating from the Standard:
- Integrating Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design into Life Science Education
- Mechanistic Reasoning about Molecular Systems
- Download the Explanations of Cellular Mechanisms Project Summary (PDF), (Caleb Trujillo, Trevor Anderson, and Nancy Pelaez)
Curricular Innovation
- The Bio-CASPiE model: Center for Authentic Science Practice in Education
- HHMI NEXUS: Integrating Biology into Chemistry (Reeh Tekane and Trevor Anderson)
- HHMI Science Education Alliance: Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science (PHAGES) project
- Science Faculty with Education Specialties: Investigation of Science Faculty with Education Specialties
- Project Evaluation: Toads, Roads, and Nodes: Collaborative Course-Based Research on the Landscape Ecology of Amphibian Populations (Annwesa Dasgupta and Nancy Pelaez)
STEM Teacher Professional Development
- Indiana Department of Education Math Science Partnership Award to Metropolitan School District Washington Township: Using Science as the “Bonding Agent” to Inquiry and Global Awareness (Caleb Trujillo and David Eichinger)
- Deviating from the Standard: Integrating Statistical Analysis and Experimental Design into Life Science Education (Stephanie Gardner and Kari Clase)
Former Projects
- Experimental Reasoning: Teaching Ethical, Experimental, and Quantitative (TEEQ) Biology through Problem-Based Writing with Peer Review
- Cyber Peer-Led Team Learning (cPLTL): cPLTL Implementation
- Project Evaluation: Diagnostic Question Clusters (DQCs)