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An Integrated Strategy for Teaching Biochemistry to Biotechnology Specialty Students
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Ouyang, Liming; Ou, Ling; Zhang, Yuanxing – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2007
The faculty of biochemistry established an integrated teaching strategy for biotechnology specialty students, by intermeshing the case-study method, web-assistant teaching, and improved lecture format with a brief content and multimedia courseware. Teaching practice showed that the integrated teaching strategy could retain the best features of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Teaching Methods
The Case of the Druid Dracula
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Brickman, Peggy – Journal of College Science Teaching, 2006
This article describes how case studies have been successfully implemented in an introductory biology course of 300+ students using available technologies ranging from WebCT, used to assign students to permanent small groups (as well as assign groups to regions of a large lecture hall), to hand-held response systems (aka "clickers"), which…
Descriptors: Case Method (Teaching Technique), Case Studies, Biology, Introductory Courses
Teachers' Beliefs about Issues in the Implementation of a Student-Centered Learning Environment.
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Pedersen, Susan; Liu, Min – Educational Technology Research and Development, 2003
This case study examined 15 teachers' beliefs about student-centered learning as they implemented Alien Rescue, a computer-based program for middle school science that was designed to create a student-centered learning environment (SCLE) in the classroom. Discusses the goal of student activity, the role of the teacher, assessment, and student…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Interpersonal Relationship
The Evaluation of Remedial Computer Use for Mathematics within a University Setting in Botswana.
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Plomp, Tjeerd; And Others – 1990
An evaluation of the Mathematics and Computer Assisted Remedial Teaching (MASCART) project in the Pre-Entry Science Course (PESC) at the University of Botswana focused on two questions: (1) Considering the conditions for successful implementation highlighted in the literature, has the implementation of computers in the PESC department been such…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware, Diffusion (Communication)
Evaluating CAL at the Open University: 15 Years On.
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Jones, A.; And Others – Computers & Education, 1996
Describes evaluations of CAL (computer-assisted learning) at the Open University (Great Britain). Highlights include evaluation of science teaching; evaluation of the Home Computing Policy; CAL evaluation in the literature; and a framework for a principled approach to evaluation, including interactions with software, outcomes, and a case study.…
Descriptors: Case Studies, College Science, Computer Assisted Instruction, Courseware
Textbooks and Tests That Talk Back.
Guernsey, Lisa – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
New computer software for physics, mathematics, computer science, and statistics courses at North Carolina State University and in some high schools allows students to solve problems on the computer, recording every answer submitted to provide faculty with a record of student performance, and providing immediate feedback to students. Computerized…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Assisted Testing, Computer Science