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A Learner-Centered Molecular Modeling Exercise for Allied Health Majors in a Biochemistry Class

Journal of College Science Teaching—July/August 2014

This article describes a learner-centered project given to allied health majors in a biochemistry course. The project involved building molecular models of imagined protein binding sites for the drug thalidomide.

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