ASCB’s education journal, CBE-Life Sciences Education (LSE), is your source for:

• Tried and tested ideas for improving your teaching and mentoring
• Data-driven strategies for improving students’ learning, development, and success
• Evidence-based approaches for engaging students and overcoming everyday teaching challenges
  
  

CBE-Life Sciences Education Highlights

A Non-Volunteer CURE in Introductory Biology Does Not Increase Student Retention at a Regional Comprehensive University
Authors: Marianne Laporte and Anne M. Casper

Assigning Competence Across STEM: Surfacing and Spotlighting Student Contributions through the Competence Amplification Framework
Authors: Daniel Lee Reinholz

What’s in a Prompt? Assignment Prompt Cues Influence Data Analysis, Critique, and Inclusion of Follow-up Experiments
Authors: Sloan Zak, Lisa McDonnell, and Ella Tour

Faculty and Undergraduate Learning Assistants’ Perspectives on Supports and Barriers for Student-Centered Instructional Change in Introductory Biology
Authors: Alice Olmstead, Alicia M. Montecinos, Hannah Castro, Tyler Atkinson, Eleanor W. Close, Madison L. Fitzgerald-Russell, Kylie Hedge, and Alexis Kerr

Career Pathways and Skill Preparedness among Biology PhDs: A Social Cognitive Career Theory Perspective
Authors: Lechen Li and Jue Wu

Social Justice, Science Agency, and Collaborations: Using Participatory Science to Enhance Learning Outcomes in Postsecondary STEM Courses
Authors: Elli J. Theobald, Peggy Brickman, Carlos C. Goller, John R. Jungck, and Heather D. Vance-Chalcraft