Basey, John M

Research

research overview

My research concerns pedagogy in science labs. I evaluate how various components or aspects of labs, students, and graduate-student teaching assistants influence student learning outcomes.

keywords

science teaching, lab design, science lab pedagogy,

Publications

selected publications

book
- General Biology Lab a Human Approach: fall 2005 and spring 2006. 2005
- Laboratory manual for biology 105 (internet course). 2001
chapter
- Photosynthesis I: Plant Pigments. 2002
- Plant Diversity 2002
- Prokaryotes. 2002
- Protists and Fungi 2002
- Student Projects. 2002
- Foraging behavior of beavers, plant secondary compounds, and management concerns. 1999
journal article
- Population Ecology of the Northern Spotted Owl 2023
- Motivation Strategies and Exiting Class by Students in Inquiry-Oriented Biology Labs. Teaching & Learning Inquiry: The ISSOTL Journal. 128-139. 2020
- Impacts of Digital Imaging versus Drawing on Student Learning in Undergraduate Biodiversity Labs. Bioscene. 2014
- An Evaluation of Two Hands-On Lab Styles for Plant Biodiversity in Undergraduate Biology. CBE : Life Sciences Education. 493-503. 2014
- Time Efficiency, Written Feedback, and Student Achievement in Inquiry-Oriented Biology Labs. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 2014
- Impact of a pre-lab, a write-to-learn post lab, and content reduction on evolution-based learning in an undergraduate plant biodiversity lab.. Evolution: Education and Outreach. 2014
- Design of inquiry-oriented science labs: impacts on students' attitudes. Research in Science and Technological Education. 241-255. 2011
- Optimal Science Lab Design: Impacts of Various Components of Lab Design on Students’ Attitudes Toward Lab. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 2008
- Current trends of community college lab curricula in biology: an analysis of inquiry, technology, and content. Journal of Biological Education. 80-86. 2000
- Influences of predation risk and energy maximization on food selection by beavers (Castor canadensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology. 1995
- Optimal production of chemical defenses in relation to plant growth rate.. OIKOS. 1993
- Food selection by beavers in relation to inducible defenses of quaking aspen.. OIKOS. 1990
- Optimal central-place foraging by beavers: Tree-size selection in relation to defensive chemicals of quaking aspen. Oecologia. 278-282. 1988

Teaching

courses taught

EBIO 1050 - Biology: A Human Approach Laboratory
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Fall 2018 / Spring 2019
One two-hour lab per week. Provides experiments and exercises relating to concepts presented in EBIO 1030 and EBIO 1040. Uses animals and/or animal tissues. Recommended for nonscience majors. When taken with EBIO 1030, meets the MAPS requirement for natural science: lab.
EBIO 1110 - Biology and Society Laboratory
Primary Instructor - Fall 2019 / Spring 2020 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Spring 2021 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Spring 2022 / Fall 2022 / Spring 2023 / Fall 2023 / Spring 2024 / Fall 2024
One two-hour lab per week. Provides experiments and exercises relating to concepts presented in EBIO 1100. Recommended for majors and non-majors. When taken with EBIO 1100, meets the MAPS requirement for natural science: lab.
EBIO 1230 - General Biology Laboratory 1
Primary Instructor - Summer 2018 / Fall 2018 / Summer 2019 / Fall 2019 / Summer 2020 / Fall 2020 / Summer 2021 / Fall 2021 / Summer 2022 / Fall 2022 / Summer 2023 / Fall 2023 / Summer 2024 / Fall 2024
One 3-hour lab per week. Consists of experiments and exercises to provide an extension of basic concepts and scientific approaches presented in General Biology 1. Intended for science majors. Recommended prerequisite or corequisite: EBIO 1210 (minimum grade C-).
EBIO 1240 - General Biology Laboratory 2
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024 / Summer 2024
One 3-hour lab per week. Consists of experiments and exercises to provide an extension of basic concepts and scientific approaches presented in General Biology 2. Intended for science majors. Recommended prerequisite or corequisite: EBIO 1220 (minimum grade C-).
EBIO 3410 - Microbiology Lab
Primary Instructor - Spring 2018 / Spring 2019 / Spring 2020 / Spring 2021 / Spring 2022 / Spring 2023 / Spring 2024
Accompanies EBIO 3400.

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Research

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