Publications

@article{nokey,

title = {Examining motivational attitudes towards statistics and their relationship to performance in life science students},

author = {Alexander R. Kulacki and Melissa L. Aikens},

doi = {10.1080/26939169.2024.2365892},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-08-22},

journal = {Journal of Statistics and Data Science Education},

pages = {1-12},

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@article{nokey,

title = {Exploring the role of disciplinary knowledge in students’ covariational reasoning during graphical interpretation},

author = {Nigar Altindis and Kathleen A. Bowe and Brock Couch and Christopher F. Bauer and Melissa L. Aikens},

doi = {10.1186/s40594-024-00492-5},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-08-01},

journal = {International Journal of STEM Education},

volume = {11},

pages = {32},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{nokey,

title = {Learning assistants and instructors provide social supports that influence student engagement differently in undergraduate active learning chemistry courses},

author = {Krista Donis and Melissa L. Aikens and Uma Swamy and Milagros Delgado and Megan Gillespie and Palmer Graves and Sarah L. Eddy},

doi = {10.1021/acs.jchemed.3c01137},

year  = {2024},

date = {2024-07-31},

journal = {Journal of Chemical Education},

volume = {101},

pages = {2989-3002},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{nokey,

title = {The decision is in the details: how contextual features influence socioscientific decision-making},

author = {Jordan B. Bader and Kelsey E. Ahearn and Beverly A. Allen and Diya M. Anand and Andrew D. Coppens and Melissa L. Aikens},

doi = {10.1002/tea.21854},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-23},

urldate = {2023-02-23},

journal = {Journal of Research in Science Teaching},

volume = {60},

pages = {2147-2179},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

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@article{nokey,

title = {Identifying group work experiences that increase self-efficacy for quantitative biology tasks},

author = {Melissa L. Aikens and Alexander R. Kulacki

},

doi = {10.1187/cbe.22-04-0076},

year  = {2023},

date = {2023-02-01},

urldate = {2023-02-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {22},

pages = {ar19},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24156,

title = {The case for biocalculus: Improving student understanding of the utility value of mathematics to biology and affect toward mathematics},

author = {Melissa L. Aikens and Carrie Diaz Eaton and Hannah C. Highlander},

url = {10.1187/cbe.20-06-0124},

year  = {2021},

date = {2021-01-01},

urldate = {2021-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {20},

pages = {ar5},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24154,

title = {Meeting the needs of a changing landscape: Advances and challenges in undergraduate biology education},

author = {Melissa L. Aikens},

url = {10.1007/s11538-020-00739-6},

year  = {2020},

date = {2020-01-01},

journal = {Bulletin of Mathematical Biology},

volume = {82},

pages = {60},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24153,

title = {Community College instructors' perceptions of constraints and affordances related to teaching quantitative biology skills and concepts},

author = {Lisa A. Corwin and Stacey Kiser and Sondra M. LoRe and Jillian M. Miller and Melissa L. Aikens},

url = {10.1187/cbe.19-01-0003},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

urldate = {2019-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {18},

pages = {ar64},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24151,

title = {Beyond linear regression: A reference foranalyzing common data types in discipline-based education research},

author = {Elli J. Theobald and Melissa L. Aikens and Sarah Eddy and Hannah Jordt},

url = {10.1103/PhysRevPhysEducRes.15.020110},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Physical Review of Physics Education Research},

volume = {15},

pages = {020110},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24148,

title = {Direct ties to a faculty mentor related to positive outcomes for undergraduate researchers},

author = {M. Joshi and Melissa L. Aikens and Erin L. Dolan},

url = {10.1093/biosci/biz039},

year  = {2019},

date = {2019-01-01},

journal = {Bioscience},

volume = {69},

pages = {389-397},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{24147,

title = {Life science majors' math-biology task values relate to student characteristics and predict the likelihood of taking quantitative biology courses},

author = {Sarah E. Andrews and Melissa L. Aikens},

url = {10.1128/jmbe.v19i2.1589},

year  = {2018},

date = {2018-01-01},

urldate = {2018-01-01},

journal = {Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education},

volume = {19},

pages = {1-10},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{1932,

title = {The Math-Biology Values Instrument: Development of a tool to measure undergraduate life science majors' task-values toward using math in the context of biology},

author = {S. E. Andrews and C. Runyon and M. L. Aikens},

url = {http://www.lifescied.org/content/16/3/ar45.full.pdf+html},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

urldate = {2017-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {16},

pages = {ar45},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{834,

title = {Race and gender differences in undergraduate research mentoring structures and research outcomes},

author = {ML Aikens and MM Robertson and S Sadselia and K Watkins and M Evans and CR Runyon and LT Eby and EL Dolan},

url = {http://www.lifescied.org/content/16/2/ar34.full.pdf+html},

year  = {2017},

date = {2017-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {16},

pages = {ar34},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{276,

title = {A guide for graduate students interested in postdoctoral positions in biology education research},

author = {ML Aikens and LA Corwin and TC Andrews and BA Couch and SL Eddy and L McDonnell and G Trujillo},

url = {http://www.lifescied.org/content/15/4/es10.full.pdf+html},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {15},

number = {4},

pages = {es10},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{277,

title = {A social capital perspective on the mentoring of undergraduate life science researchers: An empirical study of undergraduate-postgraduate-faculty triads.},

author = {ML Aikens and S Sadselia and K Watkins and M Evans and LT Eby and EL Dolan},

url = {http://www.lifescied.org/content/15/2/ar16.full.pdf+html},

year  = {2016},

date = {2016-01-01},

journal = {CBE - Life Sciences Education},

volume = {15},

pages = {ar16},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{278,

title = {Potential impacts of tolerance to herbivory on population dynamics of a monocarpic herb},

author = {ML Aikens and DA Roach},

year  = {2015},

date = {2015-01-01},

journal = {American Journal of Botany},

volume = {102},

number = {11},

pages = {1901-1911},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{280,

title = {Population dynamics in central and edge populations of a narrowly endemic plant},

author = {ML Aikens and DA Roach},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {Ecology},

volume = {95},

number = {7},

pages = {1850-1860},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{279,

title = {Teaching quantitative biology: goals, assessments, and resources},

author = {ML Aikens and EL Dolan},

url = {http://www.molbiolcell.org/content/25/22/3478.full.pdf+html},

year  = {2014},

date = {2014-01-01},

journal = {Molecular Biology of the Cell},

volume = {25},

pages = {3478-3481},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}

@article{281,

title = {The effects of disturbance intensity on temporal and spatial patterns of herb colonization in a southern New England mixed-oak forest},

author = {ML Aikens and D Ellum and JJ McKenna and MJ Kelty and MS Ashton},

year  = {2007},

date = {2007-01-01},

journal = {Forest Ecology and Management},

volume = {252},

pages = {144-158},

keywords = {},

pubstate = {published},

tppubtype = {article}

}