Nancy Aguilar-Roca
Mailing address: 321 Steinhaus Hall
Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
UC Irvine
Irvine, CA 92697-2525
Email: nmaguila@uci.edu
Phone number:
Current position: LPSOE
Institution: UC Irvine (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology)
Years at institution: 2
Courses taught: Organisms to Ecosystems, Introductory Biology, 400+
Physiology Lab, 288
Marine Biology, 200
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy, 30
Human Physiology, 300+
Meetings: SABER
Publications: Aguilar-Roca, N.M., Williams, A. and D.K. O’Dowd. (2012). The impact of laptop-free zones on student attitudes and performance. Computers and Education. 59: 1300-1308. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0360131512001236
Williams, A., Aguilar-Roca, N.M.*, Tsai, M., Wong, M., Beaupré, M., and D.K. O’Dowd. (2011). Assessment of learning gains associated with independent exam analysis in introductory biology. CBE-Life Sciences Education. 11: 346-356.* = contributed equally with the first author
http://www.lifescied.org/content/10/4/346.full
Moravec, M., Williams, A., Aguilar-Roca, N.M. and O’Dowd, D.K. (2010) Learn before lecture: a strategy that can increase learning outcomes in large introductory biology courses. Cell Biology Education. 9(4): 473-481. http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/abstract/9/4/473
O’Dowd, D.K. and Aguilar-Roca, N.M. (2009) Garage Demos: Using physical models to illustrate dynamic aspects of microscopic biological processes. Cell Biology Education. 8: 112-122.
http://www.lifescied.org/cgi/content/abstract/8/2/118
Aguilar-Roca, N.M., Williams, A., Warrior, R, and O’Dowd, D.K. (2009) Two minute training in class significantly increases the use of professional formatting in student to faculty email correspondence. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. 3 (1): online
http://academics.georgiasouthern.edu/ijsotl/v3n1/articles/_ODowd_et_al/index.htm