CBE—Life Sciences EducationVol. 13, No. 4 ArticlesFree AccessPractice Makes Pretty Good: Assessment of Primary Literature Reading Abilities across Multiple Large-Enrollment Biology Laboratory CoursesBrian K. Sato, Pavan Kadandale, Wenliang He, Paige M. N. Murata, Yama Latif, and Mark WarschauerBrian K. SatoAddress correspondence to: Brian K. Sato (E-mail Address: [email protected]).*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this author, Pavan Kadandale*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this author, Wenliang HeDepartment of Education, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this author, Paige M. N. Murata*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this author, Yama Latif*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this author, and Mark Warschauer*Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697Search for more papers by this authorJames Hewlett, Monitoring Editor:Published Online:13 Oct 2017https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.14-02-0025AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextSupplemental MaterialView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleSupplemental Materialcombinedsupmats.pdf (12 MB)FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byPeer-reviewed presentation exchange in an undergraduate classroomJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol. 25, No. 1Postsecondary biology students’ ways of participating in the critique and discussion of primary scientific literatureG. 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Sato, Wenliang He, Mark Warschauer, and Pavan KadandaleMarshall Sundberg, Monitoring Editor13 October 2017 | CBE—Life Sciences Education, Vol. 14, No. 2 Vol. 13, No. 4 December 01, 2014573-738 Supplemental MaterialsMetrics Downloads & Citations Downloads: 310Citations: 36 History Submitted: 10 February 2014 Revised: 27 August 2014 Accepted: 27 August 2014 Information© 2014 B. K. Sato et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2014 The American Society for Cell Biology. This article is distributed by The American Society for Cell Biology under license from the author(s). It is available to the public under an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 3.0 Unported Creative Commons License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0).This work was supported by an Assessment Grant from the University of California, Irvine, Assessment, Research & Evaluation Group. We thank A. Nicholas, D. O’Dowd, J. Shaffer, and A. Williams for constructive feedback regarding the manuscript.PDF download