Table 4.

Anonymous ICB student quotes given in response to open-ended course evaluations

“The method of learning, placing emphasis on the interpretation of data, has helped me not only in this class, but also in others.”
“I found it much more beneficial using this approach compared with straight memorization. It allowed me to gain interpretation skills I was lacking before.”
“The data-driven approach is brilliant. It alleviates the issues that I’ve always had of asking, ‘How do we know that? What's the supporting data?’”
“Emphasis on big picture and understanding how to pull information from real data were an easier and more beneficial format than memorization of facts (which used to be a struggle for me).”