KATHY ZOGHBYUniversity of RichmondRichmond, 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

•Class was re-created using the active learning pedagogy 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?

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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