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50 Years of ERIC
50 Years of ERIC
The Education Resources Information Center (ERIC) is celebrating its 50th Birthday! First opened on May 15th, 1964 ERIC continues the long tradition of ongoing innovation and enhancement.

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The Implementation of Clay Modeling and Rat Dissection into the Human Anatomy and Physiology Curriculum of a Large Urban Community College
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Haspel, Carol; Motoike, Howard K.; Lenchner, Erez – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2014
After a considerable amount of research and experimentation, cat dissection was replaced with rat dissection and clay modeling in the human anatomy and physiology laboratory curricula at La Guardia Community College (LAGCC), a large urban community college of the City University of New York (CUNY). This article describes the challenges faculty…
Descriptors: Laboratory Procedures, Animals, Models, Anatomy
Clay Modeling as a Method to Learn Human Muscles: A Community College Study
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Motoike, Howard K.; O'Kane, Robyn L.; Lenchner, Erez; Haspel, Carol – Anatomical Sciences Education, 2009
The efficacy of clay modeling compared with cat dissection for human muscle identification was examined over two semesters at LaGuardia Community College in Queens, NY. The 181 students in 10 sections in this study were randomly distributed into control (cat dissection) and experimental (clay modeling) groups, and the results of the muscle…
Descriptors: Community Colleges, Laboratory Procedures, Human Body, College Students