Using Primary Literature on SARS‐CoV‐2 to Promote Student Learning about Evolution

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Jeremy L. Hsu, Chapman UniversityFollow

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Article

Publication Date

7-8-2020

Abstract

The ongoing COVID‐19 pandemic caused by SARS‐CoV‐2 has caused widespread deaths, illnesses, and societal disruption. I describe here how I pivoted a discussion‐based senior biology capstone course to include a multiweek module surrounding one primary literature paper on the evolution of SARS‐CoV‐2 and the subsequent scientific discourse about the paper. Using a gradual reveal of the paper following the CREATE method (consider, read, elucidate, and think of the next experiment), I challenged students to learn new evolutionary principles and critically analyze the data surrounding the evolution and transmission of SARS‐CoV‐2 presented in the paper. I also provide general advice for implementing this module in future courses.

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This article was originally published in Ecology and Evolution in 2020. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6501

This scholarship is part of the Chapman University COVID-19 Archives.

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Hsu, JL. Using primary literature on SARS‐CoV‐2 to promote student learning about evolution. Ecol Evol. 2020; 00: 1– 5. https://doi.org/10.1002/ece3.6501

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