Frank E Nelson

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Frank E Nelson

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Biology

      • Assistant Professor of Instruction

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

BIOL 1111

Introduction to Organismal Biology

Undergraduate

BIOL 2211

Basic Core Introduction to Biology for Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureates II

Undergraduate

BIOL 2233

Mammalian Anatomy

Undergraduate

BIOL 4233

Human Anatomy for Pre-Medical Post-Baccalaureates

Undergraduate

SCTC 1001

CST First Year Seminar

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Fechter, T., Dai, T., Cromley, J., Nelson, F., Boekel, M.V., & Du, Y. (2021). Developing a Validity Argument for an Inference-Making and Reasoning Measure for Use in Higher Education. Frontiers in Education, 6. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.727539.

  • Cromley, J., Dai, T., Fechter, T., Nelson, F., Boekel, M.v., & Du, Y. (2021). Development of a tool to assess inference-making and reasoning in biology. Journal of Microbiology and Biology Education, 22(2). doi: 10.1128/JMBE.00159-21.

  • Cromley, J., Dai, T., Fechter, T., Boekel, M.V., Nelson, F., & Dane, A. (2021). What Cognitive Interviewing Reveals about a New Measure of Undergraduate Biology Reasoning. Journal of Experimental Education, 89(1), 145-168. doi: 10.1080/00220973.2019.1613338.

  • Nelson, F., Hollingworth, S., Marx, J., Baylor, S., & Rome, L. (2018). Small Ca2+ releases enable hour-long high-frequency contractions in midshipman swimbladder muscle. Journal of General Physiology, 150(1), 127-143. doi: 10.1085/jgp.201711760.

  • Dai, T., Boekel, M.V., Cromley, J., Nelson, F., & Fechter, T. (2022). Using Think-Alouds to Create a Better Measure of Biology Reasoning. SAGE Publications Ltd.