University Biology.

The article reviews several studies related to university biology. One researcher reports a study that attempts to determine the reading skills that community college faculty perceive as necessary for the success of students in certain English, history and biology courses. Another study was conducted on 150 first year Australian medical students from one university in order to explore the conceptual frameworks and reasoning patterns related to natural selection. While another researcher established a purpose of assessing the effectiveness of an instructional strategy in promoting biology achievement and formal operational thinking ability of pre-service elementary teachers enrolled in a college biology course.