Meeting Abstract
Undergraduate sciences courses have traditionally been taught in a linear, chapter based modules. Recent evidence, however, has indicated that students retain more by learning in an interleaved format. An interleaved format allows students to compare and contrast material from different chapters, reducing confusion about terms and concepts that may seem similar if taught in a linear way. Quizzes that involve questions from several different chapters rather than just one chapter were utilized in two different majors level general biology courses. Here I present the results comparing students’ test scores in traditional versus interleaved formatted courses.
