John Basey

Senior Instructor

john.basey@colorado.edu
303-492-8487
Ramaley C157

Ph.D., University of Nevada, Reno, 1992

Research Interests

Current research focuses on laboratory pedagogy: learning-based education through open inquiry in labs, and the influence of different lab instructional styles on learning outcomes, attitudes, recruitment and retention of students in science. Past research in foraging theory, plant defense investment, plant/herbivore/predatore interactions and population biology.

Teaching

General Biology Lab I (EBIO 1230)
General Biology Lab II (EBIO 1240)
General Biology Lab, A Human Approach (EBIO 1050)
Methods of Teaching Biology (EBIO 3010)
Microbiology Lab (EBIO 3400)

Recent Publications

Basey, J. M., Sackett, L. S., Robinson, N. S. 2008. Optimal science lab design: impacts of various components of lab design on students’ attitudes toward lab. International Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(1).

Basey , J. M., Mendelow, T. N., and Ramos, C. N. 2000. Current trends of community college lab curricula in biology: an analysis of inquiry, technology and content. Journal of Biological Education 34(2): 80–86.

Basey , J. M. 1999. Foraging behavior of beavers, plant secondary compounds, and management concerns. In: Beaver Protection, Management, and Utilization in Europe and North America. (P.E. Busher and R.M. Dzieciolowski eds.) Plenum Press, New York and London.

Basey , J. M., and S. H. Jenkins. 1995. Influences of predation risk and energy maximization on food selection by beavers (Castor canadensis). Canadian Journal of Zoology 73: 2197-2208.

Basey , J. M., and S. H. Jenkins. 1993. Optimal production of chemical defenses in relation to plant growth rate. Oikos 68: 323-328.