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Illustration of Sexual Differentiation to Undergraduates with a Conditional Gene Expression System
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Shen, Jie – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2018
This work describes the development and evaluation of a two-session laboratory class based on Tet-on technology and sex determination in the fruit fly "Drosophila melanogaster." The Tet-on system allows conditional control of gene expression, when doxycycline is applied. A laboratory exercise has been developed to illustrate how the…
Descriptors: Gender Differences, Genetics, Biochemistry, Sex
Slow-Binding Inhibition: A Theoretical and Practical Course for Students
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Golicnik, Marko; Stojan, Jure – Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education, 2004
Tyrosinase (EC 1.14.18.1) catalyzes the oxidation of L-3,4-dihydroxyphenylalanine (L-DOPA) to 2,3,5,6-tetrahydro-5,6-dioxo-1H-indole-2-carboxylate (dopachrome), according to the classical Michaelis-Menten kinetic mechanism. The enzyme is strongly but slowly inhibited by alpha-amino-beta-[N-(3-hydroxy-4-pyridone)] propionic acid (L-mimosine), a…
Descriptors: Teaching Methods, Biochemistry, Inhibition, Kinetics
Improving Role Playing in Social Studies.
Schisgall, Jane; Farmer, Rod – Georgia Social Science Journal, 1982
Describes methods for helping students to overcome their inhibitions in social studies role-playing exercises. Techniques include warm-up exercises, side-coaching, and structured improvisation. (AM)
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Inhibition, Role Playing, Social Studies
Making Junior-Senior Band Succeed.
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Warrener, John J. – Music Educators Journal, 1985
Three problems occurring as a result of combining separate junior and senior high school bands into a single junior-senior band are discussed. These include (1) range of ability, (2) student apathy, and (3) inhibition of younger students as a result of fear of senior high members of the band. (RM)
Descriptors: Academic Ability, Age Differences, Apathy, Bands (Music)
Micro-Anxiety: How to Beat It Before You Get It.
Widmer, Connie; Parker, Janet – Electronic Education, 1983
Briefly discusses reasons why some teachers and teacher educators experience computer anxiety and presents eight suggestions for computer workshops that consider the psychological, as well as the intellectual, factors involved. (MBR)
Descriptors: Adult Learning, Anxiety, Computer Literacy, Guidelines
Risk-Taking in Learning, K-3. NEA Early Childhood Education Series.
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Young, Robert D. – 1991
This handbook offers teachers suggestions for ways to help students become risk-takers. Five levels of risk-taking behavior are identified: the uninhibited risk-taker, the analytical risk-taker, the cautious risk-taker, the inhibited risk-taker, and the nonrisk-taker. The importance of risk-taking for problem solving, and the teacher's role in…
Descriptors: Class Activities, Classroom Environment, Inhibition, Language Arts
Working with Shy or Withdrawn Students. ERIC Digest.
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Brophy, Jere – 1996
This ERIC digest focuses on students who are commonly described as shy (inhibited, lacking in confidence, socially anxious) or withdrawn (unresponsive, uncommunicative, or daydreaming). Symptoms of shyness or withdrawal may appear as part of the student's overall personality or as a situation-specific response to a particular stress factor.…
Descriptors: Anxiety, Behavior Modification, Behavior Patterns, Bibliotherapy