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Shultz, Jeffry – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2009
I present a laboratory procedure for illustrating transcription, post-transcriptional modification, gene conservation, and comparative genetics for use in undergraduate biology education. Students are individually assigned genes in a targeted biochemical pathway, for which they design and test polymerase chain reaction (PCR) primers. In this…
Descriptors: Laboratory Procedures, Genetics, Biology, Science Instruction
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Fischer, Judith; Mitchell, Rudolph; del Alamo, Jesus – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The Microelectronics WebLab at MIT allows students to do actual (not simulated) laboratory research on state-of-the art equipment through the Internet. This study assesses the use of WebLab in a junior-level course on microelectronic devices and circuits in 2004-05 and 2005-06. In quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews, students and…
Descriptors: Electronics, Student Attitudes, Inquiry, Science Instruction
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Yang, Kun-Yuan; Heh, Jia-Sheng – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2007
The purpose of this study was to investigate and compare the impact of Internet Virtual Physics Laboratory (IVPL) instruction with traditional laboratory instruction in physics academic achievement, performance of science process skills, and computer attitudes of tenth grade students. One-hundred and fifty students from four classes at one private…
Descriptors: Internet, Science Instruction, Conventional Instruction, Computer Attitudes
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Moxey, Lucas Eduardo – Journal of Science Education and Technology, 2002
Describes an undergraduate physical science laboratory course exercising the utilization of satellite imagery for studying the floods that resulted in the Parana River region in South America during El Nino (1997-1998), and examines vegetation cover and spectral profiles from the study area in order to further understand and assess the changes…
Descriptors: Climate Change, Computer Uses in Education, Environmental Education, Higher Education