Boundary organizations play an important role in stabilizing interactions between science and nonscience.
Ryan Meyer, Skyli McAfee, Elizabeth Whiteman 2015, 'How California is mobilizing boundary chains to integrate science, policy and managementfor changing ocean chemistry', Climate Risk Managementhttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212096315000133. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
This approach models civic engagement and demonstrates the real-life importance of science to nonscience majors.
Heather Nicole Tinsley 2016, 'Ripped from the Headlines: Using Current Events and Deliberative Democracy to ImproveStudent Performance in and Perceptions of Nonmajors Biology Courses', Journal of Microbiology & Biology Educationhttp://jmbesubmissions.asm.org./index.php/jmbe/article/view/1135. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
These results support the hypothesis that utilizing independent course-based undergraduate science research improves student achievement even in nonscience students.
Joseph Paul Caruso, Natalie Israel, Kimberly Rowland, Matthew J. Lovelace, Mary JaneSaunders 2015, 'Citizen Science: The Small World Initiative Improved Lecture Grades and CaliforniaCritical Thinking Skills Test Scores of Nonscience Major Students at Florida AtlanticUniversity', Journal of Microbiology & Biology Educationhttp://jmbesubmissions.asm.org./index.php/jmbe/article/view/1011. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)