Faculty

Janice Bonner

Professor

Office: Knott 333

School: Arts and Science

Education:
University of Maryland College Park
Ph.D., Curriculum and Instruction; December, 2000
Ball State University; Muncie, IN
M.A., Physiology and Health Science; 1984
College of Notre Dame of Maryland; Baltimore, MD
B.A., Biology; 1973

Research Interests:
How students' note taking affects their success in science courses
How to assist less-than-prepared prospective biology majors in becoming successful students.

Professional Affiliations & Memberships:
Association of Biology Laboratory Educators (ABLE)
Association of College and University Biology Educators (ACUBE)
National Association of Research in Science Teaching (NARST)

Publications:
Bonner, J.M. & W.H. Holliday. (2006). How College Science Students Engage in Note Taking Strategies. Journal of Research in Science Teaching; 43, 786-818.

Bonner, J.M. (2007) A Web-Based Study of Darwin’s Finches. In O’Donnell, M., Ed. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 28th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE).

Bonner, J.M. (2008) A Study of Fermentation by Saccharomyces cerevisiae. In O’Donnell, M., Ed. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 29th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE ).

Bonner, J.M. (2009) A biology course for the less-than-prepared prospective biology major. Bioscene; 35; 74-81. 

Bonner, J.M. (2010) A scenario-based study of mitosis. In O’Donnell, M., Ed. Tested Studies for Laboratory Teaching: Proceedings of the 30th Workshop/Conference of the Association for Biology Laboratory Education (ABLE ).