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The Case Study: The Multiple-Case Method
The goal of multiple-case method teaching is to bring students closer to real work settings or, more specifically, to situations in which they are supposed to act professionally. Thus, its aim is similar to training in competitive sports; afford stud...
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Case It! is a project to enhance case-based learning in university biology courses worldwide through the use of molecular biology computer simulations and Internet conferencing. In class testing, university students who volunteered to participate in ...
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This dilemma case is based on the true story of Jack and Lisa Nash, whose daughter, Molly, was born with a rare genetic disorder. By having another child with specific genetic markers, the Nashes’ hoped to cure Molly using stem cells from the new b...
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To what extent can Earth’s natural resources support the growing human population? Mathis Wackernagel and colleagues developed the concept of the “ecological footprint” to quantify the amount of land area required to sustain the lifestyle of a ...
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Something’s Fishy in Paxton Lake
In this case study exploring the mechanisms of speciation, students work in groups to design a series of experiments to determine whether two populations of sticklebacks in Paxton Lake in British Columbia represent separate species. Students consider...
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In this dilemma case, the central character, a museum curator, must decide whether or not to show a painting as a hitherto “undiscovered” Cézanne. The stylistic analysis suggests it is real, but data obtained using different spectroscopic techni...