Quantitative skills as a graduate learning outcome: exploring students’ evaluative expertise
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DOI: 10.1080/02602938.2016.1161725
Abstract: In the biosciences, quantitative skills are an essential graduate learning outcome. Efforts to evidence student attainment at the whole of degree programme level are rare and making sense of such data is complex. We draw… read more here.
Keywords: confidence; graduate learning; learning outcome; quantitative skills ... See more keywords
Challenges and opportunities to build quantitative self-confidence in biologists
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DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biad015
Abstract: New graduate students in biology programs may lack the quantitative skills necessary for their research and professional careers. The acquisition of these skills may be impeded by teaching and mentoring experiences that decrease rather than… read more here.
Keywords: quantitative skills; confidence; opportunities build; challenges opportunities ... See more keywords
Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges, a Network of Biology and Mathematics Faculty Focused on Improving Numerical and Quantitative Skills of Students
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DOI: 10.1187/cbe.21-09-0244
Abstract: Mastery of quantitative skills is increasingly critical for student success in life sciences, but few curricula adequately incorporate quantitative skills. Quantitative Biology at Community Colleges (QB@CC) is designed to address this need by building a… read more here.
Keywords: network; quantitative skills; faculty; community ... See more keywords