Selecting for Success: Cultivating Student Achievement through Low-Stakes, High-Engagement Approaches to Molecular Evolution
This syllabus represents the most current iteration of EEMB 101: Genomics and Molecular Evolution, a carefully designed course that incorporates evidence-based, active learning, and low-stakes teaching strategies throughout the 10-week quarter for upper-division undergraduates. The course design emphasizes a growth mindset, promoting active student engagement with the material, encouraging reflection, and cultivating metacognitive skills.
Below is a Panopto recording of Lecture 18: Changes in allele Frequency over time, mentioned above. This recordings were created specifically for student review. While you won’t be able to see me at the front of the classroom, the video provide an accurate example of my pacing, responses to questions, and the active learning strategies I use during class.
The goal of this assignment is to help guide students through a critical evaluation of AI summarized papers and AI analysis. What does it do well, where does it miss the mark, and how do different AI tools vary in their abilities? I believe teaching students how to utilize and leverage AI tools responsibly will be critical to their ongoing learning journeys and their ventures into the workforce.