Curriculum and Teaching Tips

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Course Syllabi

General Biology for Elementary Education Majors
A class of 60 Elementary Education Majors who are required to take General Biology for teaching. Course deals with preservice education. Contains methods material.

BIOL 1114 Introductory Biology
A large enrollment general-education (i.e. mixed-majors) introductory biology course with an innovative format at a comprehensive, land-grant, institution

Bio 380: Biology Teaching (preservice teachers) web page

Poster Session

Training Graduate Instructors to Train Graduate Instructors
Jean DeSaix, Department of Biology, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

MERLOT
Multimedia Education Resource for Learning and Online Teaching. Donald French, Associate Professor, Department of Zoology, Oklahoma State University

Teaching Tips

Bioenergetics (Photosynthesis and Cell Respiration)
A Multimedia program that helps students grasp the dynamic action that takes place in both the mitochondria and chloroplasts. Dr. John M. Moore, Associate Professor and Department Chair, Department of Biology, Taylor University. 

How to's

 -- Help grading, TA manual, teaching students to read the literature etc.

http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/index.html

The TA manual is at - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/TAbiomanual.html

The "How to's" are at - http://www.columbia.edu/cu/biology/faculty/mowshowitz/howto_guide/menu.html

Deborah Mowshowitz, Director of Undergraduate Programs, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University. 

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