Frank E Nelson

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Frank E Nelson

  • College of Science and Technology

    • Biology

      • Associate Professor of Instruction

Courses Taught

Number

Name

Level

BIOL 1111

Introduction to Organismal Biology

Undergraduate

BIOL 2211

Introduction to Biology II for Pre-Health Postbaccalaureates

Undergraduate

BIOL 2233

Mammalian Anatomy

Undergraduate

BIOL 4233

Human Anatomy for Pre-Health Postbaccalaureates

Undergraduate

SCTC 1001

CST First-Year Seminar

Undergraduate

SCTC 1001

CST First Year Seminar

Undergraduate

Selected Publications

Recent

  • Fechter, T., Dai, T., Cromley, J., Nelson, F., Boekel, M.V., & Du, Y. (2021). Developing a Validity Argument for an Inference-Making and Reasoning Measure for Use in Higher Education. Frontiers in Education, 6. doi: 10.3389/feduc.2021.727539.

  • Cromley, J., Dai, T., Fechter, T., Boekel, M.V., Nelson, F., & Dane, A. (2021). What Cognitive Interviewing Reveals about a New Measure of Undergraduate Biology Reasoning. Journal of Experimental Education, 89(1), 145-168. doi: 10.1080/00220973.2019.1613338.

  • Cromley, J.G., Dai, T., Fechter, T.S., Nelson, F.E., Boekel, M.V., & Du, Y. (2021). Development of a Tool to Assess Inference-Making and Reasoning in Biology. J Microbiol Biol Educ, 22(2). United States. 10.1128/jmbe.00159-21