Research and Teaching: Integrating Lecture and Laboratory in Health Sciences Courses Improves Student Satisfaction and Performance

by: Kevin Finn, Kathleen FitzPatrick, and Zi Yan

Students often struggle in introductory health sciences courses; some students have difficulty in upper level classes. To address this, the authors converted three lecture/lab courses, traditional first-year Anatomy and Physiology (A&P I), upper level Biomechanics, and upper level Microbiology to an integrated studio model. They used the Student Assessment of Learning Gains perceptual survey to assess student and instructor reactions to the change and analyzed rates of unsatisfactory grades and quiz performance.

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Type Journal ArticlePub Date 9/1/2017Stock # jcst17_047_01_66Volume 047Issue 01

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