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Item Collaborative learning in an undergraduate life sciences living-learning program: case studies at multiple planes of analysis.(2017) Jardine, Hannah; Levin, Daniel; Quimby, B. Bryn; Cooke, ToddThe authors report on a living-learning program (LLP) designed to transform life sciences education. One goal of the LLP is to engage students in collaborative learning. Little research describes interactions and experiences within an LLP that encourage collaborative learning. This qualitative ethnographic study explores the following questions: What are some of the ways in which collaborative learning occurs in an LLP? and What factors influence how, when, and to what extent collaborative learning occurs in an LLP? The authors aim to identify ways to promote collaborative learning in an LLP and provide insight for others wishing to construct LLPs with similar goals.Item Examining the impact of student expectations on undergraduate biology education reform.(2011) Hall, Kristi; Watkins, Jessica; Coffey, Janet; Cooke, Todd; Redish, EdwardThe past 10-15 years have seen numerous calls for curricular reform in undergraduate biology education, most of which focus on changes to curriculum or pedagogy. Data collected from students in a large introductory undergraduate biology course indicate that student expectations about the nature of the knowledge they were learning influence how they interacted with reform efforts in that class. Given that student expectations influence the ways in which they participate in course activities, this paper (the first in a series that looks at student expectations in biology) argues that curriculum reform initiatives should consider student expectations in order to increase the chance for effective implementation.