CBE—Life Sciences EducationVol. 18, No. 3 ArticleFree AccessDefining and Measuring Students’ Interest in Biology: An Analysis of the Biology Education LiteratureAshley A. Rowland, Eva Knekta, Sarah Eddy, and Lisa A. CorwinAshley A. RowlandDepartment of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309Search for more papers by this author, Eva KnektaDepartment of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199Department of Science and Mathematics Education, Umeå University, 901 87 Umeå, SwedenSearch for more papers by this author, Sarah EddyDepartment of Biological Sciences, Florida International University, Miami, FL 33199Search for more papers by this author, and Lisa A. Corwin*Address correspondence to: Lisa A. Corwin (E-mail Address: [email protected]).Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO 80309Search for more papers by this authorCynthia Brame, Monitoring EditorPublished Online:9 Aug 2019https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.19-02-0037AboutSectionsView articleView Full TextSupplemental MaterialView PDF ToolsAdd to favoritesDownload CitationsTrack Citations ShareShare onFacebookTwitterLinked InRedditEmail View articleSupplemental Materialcombinedsupmats.pdf (2 MB)FiguresReferencesRelatedDetailsCited byEnhancing tuberculosis treatment adherence and motivation through gamified real-time mobile app utilization: a single-arm intervention study22 January 2024 | BMC Public Health, Vol. 24, No. 1Variations in Student Approaches to Problem Solving in Undergraduate Biology EducationJeremy L. Hsu, Rou-Jia Sung, Su L. Swarat, Alexandra J. Gore, Stephanie Kim, and Stanley M. 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