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Zhang, Xiaorong – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2009
This article describes a new approach to teaching bioinformatics using "Arabidopsis" genetic sequences. Several open-ended and inquiry-based laboratory exercises have been designed to help students grasp key concepts and gain practical skills in bioinformatics, using "Arabidopsis" leucine-rich repeat receptor-like kinase (LRR…
Descriptors: Genetics, Biology, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments
Hou, Charles; Hou, Cynthia – 1984
Materials are provided for a unit of study that will help high school students learn about the life of Louis Riel, who as the leader of the Canadian Rebellion of 1885 led his followers into armed conflict with the Canadian government. Riel lived at a time of rapid change in western Canada. The extinction of the buffalo ended the people's nomadic…
Descriptors: Biographies, Experiential Learning, High Schools, History Instruction
King, Andrew; And Others – 1982
One of a series of Australian publications on social studies skill development, this booklet introduces secondary students to survey techniques and their applications for gathering data in the school and community. Following an introduction, material is divided into eight chapters. Topics covered are the nature and stages of a social survey,…
Descriptors: Data Collection, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries, Inquiry
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Lenaghan, Janet; Smith, Charles – Journal of Management Education, 2004
The experiential exercise presented here, using a dialectic process similar to that found within Strategic Assumption Surfacing and Testing (SAST), developed by Mason and Mitroff, offers graduate and undergraduate management students the opportunity to study a contemporary ethical problem in a new way. The ethical issues of a plant closedown…
Descriptors: Ethics, Teaching Methods, Business Administration Education, Case Method (Teaching Technique)