Assessment of Molecular Construction in Undergraduate Biochemistry
| Autor: | Deborah Booth, Jane S. Richardson, Mary A. Farwell, Steven W. Weiner, David S. Richardson, Rudy Sirochman, Cindy Putnam-Evans, Robert C. Bateman |
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| Rok vydání: | 2005 |
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| Zdroj: | Journal of Chemical Education. 82:1854 |
| ISSN: | 1938-1328 0021-9584 |
| DOI: | 10.1021/ed082p1854 |
| Popis: | Undergraduate students in nine classes at eastern and southeastern universities in the U.S. were evaluated regarding their attitudes towards the use of molecular visualization in biochemistry lecture courses. All classes used the same visualization software (Kinemage) in lecture and homework. Approximately two-thirds of these students, the treatment group, constructed or "authored" a series of annotated images of a macromolecular topic, usually a protein complex or protein family. Both quantitative and qualitative analysis revealed that the student authors felt they learned more than the control group students and that constructing molecular images was an effective learning tool. Perceived difficulties included the time commitment of the student authors and the challenge of learning unfamiliar software. In addition to the attitudinal assessment, a molecular graphics-based performance assessment in one class (which had both treatment group and control group students) showed no significant difference betwee... |
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