Early Exposure to Data Skills in Introductory Biology Sequence
Cohort
2023
Fellow(s)
Initiative Type
supplemental resource
Initiative Theme
Skill-Building
Audience
Faculty/Instructors
UT Austin Undergraduates
Project Focus
Curriculum (Re)design
Improving Teaching and Learning
Biology continues to be seen as a field for science-interested, but math-disinterested students. However, due to the surge in data use in all biology careers, and the focus in research on sequence data, there is a strong need for data skill development in biology degree programs. Math anxiety poses a specific challenge for biology education. A suggestion to overcome this, is an early introduction to data skills in the two-course sequence of Introductory Biology.