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  • Engaging and enhancing metabolism student learning capacity without dumbing down content or assessment standards

    Author(s)
    Gregory, Sarah-Jane
    Cock, Ian Edwin
    Griffith University Author(s)
    Cock, Ian E.
    Gregory, Sarah-Jane S.
    Year published
    2012
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    Abstract Metabolism is a content heavy second year course with which students traditionally struggle and has suffered from an unacceptably high failure rate (>20%, 2004-2006) in our school. Student perceptions of the difficulty of the course lead to disengagement prior to starting with students not having acquired appropriate study techniques that would enhance their capacity to succeed. Remodelling of the course in information sequence presentation (2007) and in presentation style (2009) occurred. Content sequence ensured an understanding of key metabolic pathways followed by regulatory influences and disease states. ...
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    Abstract Metabolism is a content heavy second year course with which students traditionally struggle and has suffered from an unacceptably high failure rate (>20%, 2004-2006) in our school. Student perceptions of the difficulty of the course lead to disengagement prior to starting with students not having acquired appropriate study techniques that would enhance their capacity to succeed. Remodelling of the course in information sequence presentation (2007) and in presentation style (2009) occurred. Content sequence ensured an understanding of key metabolic pathways followed by regulatory influences and disease states. The new format has a three week cycle that begins with traditional lectures but follows with workshops designed to cement core concepts and develop global cognitive comprehension. The cycle was designed to enable students to approach the study of this subject in a scaffolded manner that promotes engagement with materials and facilitates their overall capacity to learn in a deep manner. This strategy resulted in consistent reduction in the fail rate of approximately 10% (2008-2011) without compromising standard of assessment. Students were guided to develop better self-efficacy and independent learning skills. Evidence of subject mastery is demonstrated by higher pass rates and also a shift to higher numbers of distinction and high distinction.
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    Conference Title
    18th Australian Conference on Science and Mathematics Education 2012 Proceedings
    Publisher URI
    http://sydney.edu.au/iisme/conference/2012/index.shtml
    Subject
    Science, Technology and Engineering Curriculum and Pedagogy
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/53388
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