Case Study: Using A Case Study Article on Earwax to Enhance Understanding and Interest in Genetics

by: Doug Van Hoewyk

This column provides original articles on innovations in case study teaching, assessment of the method, as well as case studies with teaching notes. In this month’s issue the case study article explains that humans either have wet or dry earwax and highlights that the gene that determines the type an individual has been recently identified.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 7/1/2012Stock # jcst12_041_06_62Volume 041Issue 06

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This is an outstanding use of a hands on case study to deepen learning in genetics.

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