Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses

by: Jeffry Lyle Shultz

The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why research is performed, what information they can freely acquire, and how to access information for their own research.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 1/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_03_32Volume 041Issue 03

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