Biology Scholars

Last Name	Branchaw
First Name	Janet
Department or Program Name	Institute for Biology Education
Institution Name	University of Wisconsin, Madison
PO box or mailstop	445 Henry Maill, RM 109B
City	Madison
State	WI
Country	US
Postal Code	53706
URL	http://www.biology.wisc.edu/Home-AboutUs-StaffListing-JanetBranchaw.htm

Primary student type	Undergraduate students – biology majors, Teaching assistants – either graduate or senior level undergraduate students
Introductory courses	Organismal biology, Human anatomy and physiology, Other, please specify below
Other introductory courses	research mentee training research mentor training
Advanced courses	The organismal biology and physiology courses I teach are both introductory and advanced/honors level courses. Sometimes I teach this material as part of an introductory sequence and sometimes as a separate upper-division level course.

Research question, hypotheses

1. Does requiring students to write out their thinking processes and problem solving strategies help them improve their problem solving abilities?

2. Does sharing their written thinking processes and problem solving strategies with their peers help them improve their problem solving abilities?

Research type

Other research type(s)

I’m serving in an administrative leadership role right now that leaves me little time (none really) to do research.

Janet Branchaw