ERIC Number: EJ1013477
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2013-Jun
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A Teacher-Developed Inquiry Model to Teach the Molecular Basis of Hyperbolic Kinetics in Biological Membrane Transport
Marcus, Leanne; Plumeri, Julia; Baker, Gary M.; Miller, Jon S.
Advances in Physiology Education, v37 n2 p165-175 Jun 2013
A previously published classroom teaching method for helping students visualize and understand Michaelis-Menten kinetics (19) was used as an anticipatory set with high school and middle school science teachers in an Illinois Math and Science Partnership Program. As part of the activity, the teachers were asked to collect data by replicating the method and to analyze and report the data. All concluded that the rate data they had collected were hyperbolic. As part of a guided inquiry plan, teachers were then prompted to reexamine the method and evaluate its efficacy as a teaching strategy for developing specific kinetic concepts. After further data collection and analysis, the teachers discovered that their data trends were not, in fact, hyperbolic, which led to several teacher-developed revisions aimed at obtaining a true hyperbolic outcome. This article outlines the inquiry process that led to these revisions and illustrates their alignment with several key concepts, such as rapid equilibrium kinetics. Instructional decisions were necessary at several key points, and these are discussed. (Contains 4 tables and 4 figures.)
Descriptors: Inquiry, Kinetics, Biology, Physiology, High Schools, Middle Schools, Secondary School Science, Secondary School Teachers, Science Teachers, Biochemistry, Faculty Development, Teamwork, Learning Activities, Computer Uses in Education, Educational Technology, Molecular Biology, Scientific Concepts, Equations (Mathematics), Scoring Rubrics
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research
Education Level: Middle Schools; High Schools; Secondary Education
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Illinois
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