As part of the beSocratic network, our goal is to develop and distribute open access course content, formative assessments (via beSocratic), and AI-based student and instructor tools (tutors and analysts) to help students master key concepts through socratic interactions and to assess whether students are learning what they need to know to understand biological systems and help teachers focus on what is necessary to understand how biological system work. 

"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." - Voltaire

Many personal, political, and economic decisions depend upon a reasoned understanding of basic biology, but there is clear evidence that students are not mastering these "biofundamentals". Thinking scientifically benefits both the thinker and the broader society. 

We see rational thinking and mechanistic undertandng as the best antidote for, and vaccine against, irrationalism, wishful thinking, unintended consequences, and the inhuman treatment of others.

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The most formidable weapon, against errors of every kind, is Reason – T. Paine, 1794.  The Age of Reason


biofundamentals bci word cloud CLUE

introductory molecular biology
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biological concept inventory
link to BCI description / link to BCI
CLUE - chemistry
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Supported over the years by the NSF, Spencer Browne, a John Doctor prize (Society for Developmental Biology) & the kindness of others  - last update 20 March 2024