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Ding, Yue-Min; Shen, Wei-Da; Yang, Jing; He, Yan; Wang, Lin-Lin; Zhang, Xiong – Advances in Physiology Education, 2023
A physiology laboratory course plays an important role in improving the scientific abilities of medical students. This study involved a teaching reform based on problem-based self-designed experiments in a physiology laboratory course. The study subjects were divided into two groups, i.e., students enrolled in 2019 were assigned to the traditional…
Descriptors: Physiology, Science Instruction, Teaching Methods, Laboratory Experiments
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Evans, Hedeel Guy; Heyl, Deborah L.; Liggit, Peggy – Journal of Chemical Education, 2016
This biochemistry laboratory course was designed to provide significant learning experiences to expose students to different ways of succeeding as scientists in academia and foster development and improvement of their potential and competency as the next generation of investigators. To meet these goals, the laboratory course employs three…
Descriptors: Biochemistry, Science Instruction, Course Evaluation, College Faculty
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Mudaly, Vimolan – Perspectives in Education, 2012
This paper describes the use of diagrams as self-explanatory tools. It considers the use of diagrams, in general, and more specifically, examines research that is currently being undertaken in the broad field of visualisation. The research participants referred to in this article were Advanced Certificate of Education students and the paper…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Visual Aids, Freehand Drawing, Mathematics Activities
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Forbes, Neil S. – Chemical Engineering Education, 2008
This article describes a teaching module designed to enhance engineering creativity in an introductory chemical engineering course. The module includes an exercise to design column packing material, and an open-ended research project to describe the societal impact of chemical engineering. These assignments were created to illustrate the benefit…
Descriptors: Creativity, Research Projects, Chemical Engineering, Engineering Education
El-Tayeb, Mahmoud N.; El Nashar, Mohamed; Zeid, Mai M.; El-Sayed, Magda; Ramadan, Mohamed A.; Hamdi, Safia M.; El-Affy, Nabila; Ebeid, Amina K.; El-Marasi, Sonia S.; Abou-Elmahty, Maher – Online Submission, 2010
Through directing concerted efforts and educational services of seven Faculties of Helwan University towards socially underprivileged pupils in slum areas (EL-Marg area in big Cairo) this research project had two main aims: firstly, modifying a set of arbitrary behaviors of those pupils, in a trial to develop some behavior skills associated with…
Descriptors: School Schedules, Behavior Problems, Research Projects, Self Esteem
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Duch, Barbara J. – Journal of College Science Teaching, 1996
Describes an honors general physics course designed to demonstrate to students that physics is vital to their understanding of physiology, medicine, the human body, rehabilitation, and other health fields. Presents evidence that indicates that active group learning and connections to real-world applications help students learn physics and apply…
Descriptors: Cooperative Learning, Course Descriptions, Educational Strategies, Field Trips