Elena Bray Speth has been conducting Discipline-Based Education Research (DBER) in the Biology Department at Saint Louis University (SLU) since 2009.
Our group is interested in: (a) using systems and systems thinking as a framework for biology teaching and learning; (b) understanding how learners' self-regulated study strategies are associated with achievement in college introductory biology
Oct 2024 - Elena is developing a new course! 🎉 Offered for the first time in SP25 as a Special Topics course: BIOL 4930 - Living Systems and Complex Questions. Looking forward to using systems thinking to explore collaboratively complex socio-scientific issues.
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