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Disciplinary authenticity: Enriching the reforms of introductory physics courses for life-science students

Disciplinary authenticity: Enriching the reforms of introductory physics courses for life-science students

Educators and policy-makers have advocated for reform of undergraduate biology education, calling for greater integration of mathematics and physics in the biology curriculum. While these calls reflect the increasingly interdisciplinary nature of biology research, crossing disciplinary boundaries in the classroom carries epistemological challenges for both instructors and students. In this …