Provides the results of a project completed by the Educational Affairs Committee of the American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology. The goal of committee members was to collect and tabulate information necessary to outline a "typical curriculum" for biochemistry and molecular biology. (ZWH)

Presents two alternative teaching approaches to ensure that students become active participants of learning in the biochemistry classroom. Diagrams and rules are provided for using educational playing cards and creating a biochemical comic book. (ZWH)

Describes the conception of pedagogical software aimed at explaining the fundamental notions of configuration and conformation of biological molecules using monosaccharides as a model. (CCM)

Offers examples of problems that assess student ability to recall, handle, manipulate, and interpret data and also reinforce basic knowledge of cell biology. The questions, purposely designed for first-year students, complement formal lectures and practical classes given in the subject. Illustrates the range and types of material which cell…

Argues that the barriers between the traditional biosciences have disappeared while interdisciplinarity has become commonplace. Presents the suggested standards for Ph.D. degrees in biochemistry and molecular biology recommended by the Committee on Education of the International Union of Biochemistry. (Author/CCM)

Offers suggestions to aid the biochemistry and molecular biology teacher in enhancing student understanding of a subject that borrows from many other areas of study as well as its own. (ZWH)

Describes an approach to a course about the basics of genetics and molecular biology that utilizes a contest that involves students in accessing information about a topic such as sex determination, neural development, and gene therapy. The general objective of the approach is to inspire students to become familiar with the scientific literature.…

Eighty-five second-year science education students participated in a study designed to compare the effectiveness of two different methods (inquiry vs. traditional) of teaching on the achievement and intellectual ability of students. Results favored the experimental (inquiry) group. (ZWH)