Designing and Implementing a Hands-On, Inquiry-Based Molecular Biology Course

by: Laura B. Regassa and Alison I. Morrison-Shetlar

Inquiry-based learning was used to enhance an undergraduate molecular biology course at Georgia Southern University, a primarily undergraduate institution in rural southeast Georgia. The goal was to use a long-term, in-class project to accelerate higher-order thinking, thereby enabling students to problem solve and apply their knowledge to novel situations.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 5/1/2007Stock # jcst07_036_06_36Volume 036Issue 06

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