Duke University, Postdoc University of Kentucky, Ph.D., Biochemistry, 1999 Southern Wesleyan University, B.S., Biology, 1994

We pursue this research by interviewing students while they solve biology problems or collecting their written accounts of their problem-solving strategies. We are particularly interested in how students solve problems about protein structure and function and metabolism, two fundamental concepts in biology and biochemistry.

Kim, H.S., Prevost, L.B., and Lemons, P.P. (2015) Students’ Usability Evaluation of a Web-based Tutorial Program for College Biology Problem Solving Journal of Computer Assisted Learning July: doi:10.1111/jcal.12102 Urban-Lurain, M., Cooper, M. M., Haudek, K. C., Kaplan, J. J., Knight, J. K., Lemons, P.P., Lira, C.T., Merrill, J.E., Nehm, R., Prevost, L.B., Smith, M.K., and Sydlik, M. (2015) Expanding a National Network for Automated Analysis of Constructed Response Assessments to Reveal Student Thinking in STEM Computers in Education 25(2): Andrews, T.M. and Lemons, P.P. (2015) It’s Personal: Biology Instructors Prioritize Personal Evidence Over Empirical Evidence in Teaching Decisions CBE-Life Sciences Education 14(1):ar7, doi:10.1187/cbe.14-05-0084. Herreid, C. F., Terry, D.R., Lemons, P.P., Armstrong, N., Brickman, P. and Ribbens, E. (2014) Emotion, Engagement and Case Studies Journal of College Science Teaching 44(1). Lemons, P. P. and Lemons, J. D. (2013) Questions for Assessing Higher-Order Cognitive Skills: It’s Not Just Bloom’s. CBE-Life Sciences Education 12(1): 47-58. Andrews, T.M., Price, R. M., Mead, L. S., McElhinny, T. L, Thanukos, A., Perez, K. E., Herreid, C. F., Terry, D.R. and Lemons, P. P. (2012) Biology Undergraduates’ Misconceptions about Genetic Drift. CBE-Life Sciences Education 11(3): 248-259. Fleet, C.#, Rosser, M., Zufall, R.A., Pratt, M., Feldman, T. S., and Lemons, P. P. (2006) Hiring Criteria in Biology Departments of Academic Institutions, BioScience 56(5), 430-436. Bissell, A. and Lemons, P. P. (2006) A New Method for Assessing Critical Thinking in the Classroom, BioScience 56(1), 66-72. Winter, D, Lemons, P. P., Hoese, W. J., and Bookman, J. (2001) Novice Instructors and Student-Centered Instruction: Identifying and Addressing Obstacles to Learning in the College Science Laboratory, The Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2(1).