Research Interests for Julie Reynolds

Keywords:

Biology, Citizen Science, Curriculum, Dissertations, Academic as Topic, Ecology, Education, Educational research and planning, Engineering, Faculty, Higher education, Humans, Mathematics, Muser Mentor, Nature, Peer Review, Research, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Science, Science Literacy, Students, Technology, Universities, Writing, Writing-to-learn

Areas of Interest:

Writing-to-learn pedagogies in STEM disciplines
Assessing the extent to which biology courses promote science literacy, understanding of the nature of science, critical thinking skills, and enthusiasm for biology
Assessing the efficacy of teaching technologies at promoting student learning (e.g., Calibrated Peer Review™, iPods, iPads, FlipVideo)
Assessing learning outcomes associated with the pedagogy of Research Service Learning (RSL)

Recent Publications

1. Thompson, RJ; Schmid, L; Mburi, M; Dowd, JE; Finkenstaedt-Quinn, SA; Shultz, GV; Gere, AR; Schiff, LA; Flash, P; Reynolds, JA, Diversity of undergraduates in STEM courses: individual and demographic differences in changes in self-efficacy, epistemic beliefs, and intrapersonal attribute profiles, Studies in Higher Education, vol. 49 no. 4 (January, 2024), pp. 690-711, Informa UK Limited [doi] [abs]
2. Marion, SB; Reynolds, JA; Schmid, L; Carter, BE; Willis, JH; Mauger, L; Thompson, RJ, Beyond Content, Understanding What Makes Test Questions Most Challenging, Bioscience, vol. 73 no. 3 (March, 2023), pp. 229-235 [doi] [abs]
3. Finkenstaedt-Quinn, SA; Gere, AR; Dowd, JE; Thompson, RJ; Halim, AS; Reynolds, JA; Schiff, LA; Flash, P; Shultz, GV, Postsecondary Faculty Attitudes and Beliefs about Writing-Based Pedagogies in the STEM Classroom., CBE life sciences education, vol. 21 no. 3 (September, 2022), pp. ar54 [doi] [abs]
4. Thompson, RJ; Finkenstaedt-Quinnb, SA; Shultz, GV; Gere, AR; Schmid, L; Dowd, JE; Mburi, M; Schiff, LA; Flashg, P; Reynolds, JA, How faculty discipline and beliefs influence instructional uses of writing in STEM undergraduate courses at research-intensive universities, Journal of Writing Research, vol. 12 no. 3 (February, 2021), pp. 625-656 [doi] [abs]
5. Mourad, TM; McNulty, AF; Liwosz, D; Tice, K; Abbott, F; Williams, GC; Reynolds, JA, Erratum: The Role of a Professional Society in Broadening Participation in Science: A National Model for Increasing Persistence (BioScience DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biy066), Bioscience, vol. 71 no. 1 (January, 2021), pp. 104 [doi] [abs]