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Drug Structure-Activity Algorithms as Tools for Student Learning: An Example Using Steroid Hormone Structures.
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Roche, Victoria F. – American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education, 1990
An algorithm presenting questions allowing prediction of the major type of biological activity elicited by a steroid hormone structure is designed to help students organize their approach to the interpretation of the complex structures and permit independent application of logical thought processes in pharmacological identification of other drug…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Chemistry, Classroom Techniques, Higher Education
Problem Solving in the Professions.
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Jackling, Noel; And Others – Higher Education Research and Development, 1990
It is proposed that algorithms and heuristics are useful in improving professional problem-solving abilities when contextualized within the academic discipline. A basic algorithm applied to problem solving in undergraduate engineering education and a similar algorithm applicable to legal problems are used as examples. Problem complexity and…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classroom Techniques, College Instruction, Curriculum Development
The Shuttle Puzzle: A Lesson in Problem Solving.
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Gray, John S. – Journal of Computing in Higher Education, 1998
Describes use of the little-known Shuttle Puzzle in computer programming to elucidate the process of analyzing a problem and synthesizing observations into an algorithm that can be used to generate a programming solution. The process used to solve the problem reflects one that an expert uses. The method could be adapted for small-group cooperative…
Descriptors: Algorithms, Classroom Techniques, Computer Uses in Education, Cooperative Learning