A5036582635- Innovative Teaching Methods
- Plant and animal studies
- Insect behavior and control techniques
- Insect-Plant Interactions and Control
- Innovative Teaching and Learning Methods
- Experimental Learning in Engineering
- Educational Strategies and Epistemologies
- Biological Control of Invasive Species
- Forest Insect Ecology and Management
- Problem and Project Based Learning
- Genetics, Bioinformatics, and Biomedical Research
- Insect and Pesticide Research
- Science Education and Pedagogy
- Online and Blended Learning
- Pharmaceutical and Antibiotic Environmental Impacts
- Innovations in Educational Methods
- Genomics and Phylogenetic Studies
- Evaluation of Teaching Practices
- Educational Research and Analysis
- Education and Critical Thinking Development
- Teaching and Learning Programming
- Communication in Education and Healthcare
- Online Learning and Analytics
- COVID-19 and Mental Health
- Various Chemistry Research Topics
Cornell University
2007-2024
Experimental Station
2006-2010
ETH Zurich
2008
Abstract Enrollment in courses taught remotely higher education has been on the rise, with a recent surge response to global pandemic. While adapting this form of teaching, instructors familiar traditional face‐to‐face methods are now met new set challenges, including students not turning their cameras during synchronous class meetings held via videoconferencing. After transitioning emergency remote instruction COVID‐19 pandemic, our introductory biology course shifted all in‐person...
Many educators strive to create inclusive classrooms where students receive not only knowledge but also empathy from their instructors. When face unexpected challenges due illness, academic pressure, or exhaustion, they often seek extensions on assignments. Instructors insert own biases when decide who is eligible for an extension. An explicitly communicated penalty-free extension system can eliminate this bias, learning environment, and disinter requests the hidden curriculum. Students used...
Biology laboratory courses with hands-on activities faced many challenges when switched to online instruction during the COVID-19 pandemic. The transition back in-person presents an opportunity redesign greater student input. Undergraduates in ∼350-student course were surveyed about their preferences for or of specific components. We predicted that students who have taken a virtual prefer keeping some components online. also hypothesized are affected by experience online-only both and...
Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an invasive herbivore that poses a serious risk to Opuntia cacti in North America. Knowledge of the flight behavior cactus moth crucial for better understanding natural dispersal, and both monitoring control. We used computer-linked mills investigate diel activity performance relation gender, age, mating status, body size. Maximal mated unmated moths occurred during twilight, whereas was low photophase. The total distance flown number...
Abstract To improve the monitoring of invasive European woodwasp, both sexes Sirex noctilio were studied in a walk‐in wind tunnel. We evaluated three trap types: unbaited traps, traps baited with three‐component pheromone lure and commercial kairomone ultraviolet light. When no was present, black intercept caught more females than clear jar trap. The increase concentration from 0.1 to 1 mg increased capture females, not males, panel Both these findings suggest that visual cues provided by...
Introducing undergraduates to the peer-review process helps them understand how scientific evidence is evaluated and communicated. In a large biology course, technical writing was taught through mock peer-review. Students learned critique original research multistep framework, calibrating their assessment skills with class standards. We hypothesized students’ of own peers’ becomes more accurate as they gain academic experience, that novice students are overconfident in abilities. Counter...
Today's undergraduates are tomorrow's decision makers. Many of these decisions in biological sciences can influence whether the vaccines for next pandemic will be effective, mitigation efforts have any impact on climate change, or we produce enough food rapidly increasing human population while fighting pest outbreak. These informed need to made by scientifically literate humans, including health professionals, politicians, and media personalities, who currently our courses. Students...
Abstract The invasive woodwasp Sirex noctilio Fabricius (Hymenoptera: Siricidae) is obligately associated with the symbiotic white rot fungus Amylostereum areolatum (Chaillet ex Fries) Boidin (Basidiomycota: Amylosteraceae), and shows positive chemotaxis to volatiles emitted by this symbiont. After introduction North America, S. was collected carrying another species chailletii (Persoon) Boidin, used symbiotically native American Linnaeus. We conducted flight behaviour studies in a walk-in...
Journal Article Identification of Factors Influencing Flight Performance Field-Collected and Laboratory-Reared, Overwintered, Nonoverwintered Cactus Moths Fed with Host Plants Get access Mark A. Sarvary, Sarvary 1ETH Zurich, Institute Plant Sciences/Applied Entomology, CH-8092 Switzerland. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic PubMed Google Scholar Stephen D. Hight, Hight 2USDA-ARS-CMAVE, Center Biological Control, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, FL 32308. James E....
In an undergraduate introductory biology laboratory course, we used a summative assessment to directly test the learning objective that students will be able apply course material increasingly novel and complex situations. Using factorial framework, developed multiple true-false questions fall along axes of novelty complexity, which resulted in four categories questions: familiar content low complexity (category A); B); high C); D). On average, scored more than 70% on all questions,...
Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) is an invasive herbivore that poses a serious risk to Opuntia cacti in North America. Knowledge of the flight behavior cactus moth crucial for better understanding natural dispersal, and both monitoring control. We used computer-linked mills investigate diel activity performance relation gender, age, mating status, body size. Maximal mated unmated moths occurred during twilight, whereas was low photophase. The total distance flown number...
Addressing common student questions in introductory STEM courses early the term is one way that instructors can ensure their students have all been presented with information about how to succeed courses. However, categorizing and identifying evidence-based resources address takes time, may not be able easily collect respond at beginning of every course. To help faculty effectively anticipate questions, we 1) administered surveys multiple identify 2) conducted a qualitative analysis...
Classroom observation tools are used to evaluate teaching and learning activities, provide constructive feedback instructors. To help instructors with selecting a suitable tool based on their needs available resources, in this study, group of observers assessed lectures an introductory biology course using three, broadly cited classroom assessment the STEM field: Observation Protocol for Undergraduate (COPUS); Practical Rubric Assess Active Learning (PORTAAL); Decibel Analysis Research...
Environmental conditions during egg and larval development may influence the dispersal ability of insect pests, thus requiring seasonal adjustment control strategies. We studied longest single flight, total distance flown, number flights initiated by wild Cactoblastis cactorum (Berg) (Lepidoptera: Pyralidae) to determine whether flight performance overwintered cactus moths with a prolonged feeding phase differs from nonoverwintered moths. Pupae field-collected laboratory-reared were...
Active learning methods have broken out of small lab rooms and into large lecture courses. Instructors who wish to avoid being the "sage on stage" instead would rather flip classroom by turning lectures dialogues need adopt that engage groups students. This is easier said than done, therefore there are many active ideas available in blogs papers dedicated teaching, but very few concrete examples describing application these techniques. Our paper provides two how digital pedagogy used...
Small group work has been shown to improve students’ achievement, learning, engagement, and attitudes toward science. Previous studies that focused on different methods of formation their possible impacts mainly measures academic ability, such as GPA, SAT scores, previous familiarity with course content. However little attention given other characteristics social demographic identities in research about experiences. Here, we studied the criteria students use form lab groups, examined how...
GOING BEYOND CLICKERS: USING A VERSATILE WEB-BASED RESPONSE SYSTEM FOR ENGAGING AUDIENCES IN COLLEGE CLASSROOMS AND PUBLIC SCIENCE EVENTS
Undergraduate teaching assistants (UTAs) are known to provide benefits the students they teach, but there have been few studies examining how UTAs themselves benefit from experience and graduate (GTAs) that assist benefit.We developed continually improving a assistant program for undergraduates in an inquiry-based introductory laboratory biology course enrolls upwards of 400 each semester.Each lab section up 18 is led by GTA instructor who assisted one UTA.UTAs also hold office hours.Our...