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Incorporating Active Learning into a Traditional Curriculum.
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Carroll, Robert G.; Huang, Alice H. – Advances in Physiology Education, 1997
Discusses self-learning exercises (SLEs) incorporated into the Medical Physiology course for first-year students at the Morehouse School of Medicine in Atlanta, GA. Twenty to thirty percent of course material is presented in these exercises instead of in lectures. The exercises develop active learning and problem-solving skills. Formal analysis…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Conventional Instruction, Higher Education, Independent Study
Exploring the Context of Biomedical Research through a Problem-based Course for Undergraduate Students.
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Rangachari, P. K. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2000
Describes a problem-based course in which students in an interdisciplinary program explored the manufacture of biological knowledge. Discusses how students gained an appreciation of the complex interactions between ideals, individuals, institutions, and investments that comprise modern biological research through study of a variety of problems and…
Descriptors: Active Learning, Biology, Case Method (Teaching Technique), Course Descriptions
Peer Instruction Improves Performance on Quizzes.
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Rao, Sumangala P.; DiCarlo, Stephen E. – Advances in Physiology Education, 2000
Applies Benson's think-pair-share and Mazur's peer instruction techniques to enhance student involvement during the respiratory component of the medical physiology class. Investigates changes in students' level of understanding and ability to synthesize and integrate material. Includes 15 references. (Author/YDS)
Descriptors: Active Learning, Cooperative Learning, Higher Education, Medical Education