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Aspects of Large-Enrollment Online College Science Courses That Exacerbate and Alleviate Student Anxiety

Tasneem F. Mohammed

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Erika M. Nadile

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Danielle Brister

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Sara E. Brownell

Research for Inclusive STEM Education Center, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281

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Chade T. Claiborne

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Baylee A. Edwards

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Joseph Gazing Wolf

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Tamiru D. Warkina

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Madison L. Witt

Biology Education Research Course, School of Life Sciences

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Mary Lou Fulton Teachers College, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ 85281

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Katelyn M. Cooper

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Published Online:22 Nov 2021https://doi.org/10.1187/cbe.21-05-0132

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Submitted: 24 May 2021

Revised: 27 August 2021

Accepted: 1 October 2021

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© 2021 T. F. Mohammed, E. M. Nadile, C. A. Busch, et al. CBE—Life Sciences Education © 2021 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 4.0 International Creative Commons License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0).

We would like to thank the instructors who were willing to distribute a survey about mental health among their students, and we are especially grateful to the students who agreed to participate in the study and shared their thoughts with us. We thank Rachel Scott for her review of an earlier draft of this article. J.G.W., C.V., and C.A.B are supported by National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Fellowships (DGE-1311230). This project was partially supported by the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI; GR35050). Any opinions, findings, conclusions, or recommendations expressed in this material are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the views of the NSF or HHMI.