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Resistance Is Futile, Or is It? The Clicker Version

By Steven L. Telleen

Resistance Is Futile, Or is It? The Clicker Version


 

Abstract

This clicker case is an adaptation of a case by Annie Prud'homme-Généreux that was originally published by the National Center for Case Study Teaching in Science titled "Resistance Is Futile ... or Is It? The Immunity System and HIV Infection." It has been reformatted to use clickers and a PowerPoint presentation, and is reduced in scope to fit a 90-minute class. The case uses the results of the landmark paper by Paxton and his colleagues (Paxton et. al., 1996) that offered the first breakthrough in understanding why some people are protected against HIV infection. During the presentation, students make hypotheses, predict the outcome of experiments, and compare their predictions with real data. This adaptation was developed for use in an undergraduate, lower-division human physiology class when covering the immune system. Instructors interested in using it are advised to read the teaching notes for the original case for a full background.

   

Date Posted

08/22/2011

Overview

Objectives

  • Formulate testable hypotheses given preliminary data.
  • Suggest tests to evaluate hypotheses.
  • Predict results of experiments that would confirm each hypothesis.
  • Interpret data and compare to predicted outcomes.
  • Describe cellular and humoral immunity.
  • Describe the interaction of the HIV virus with the immune system.
  • Debate the pros and cons of personal knowledge of HIV resistance and immunity.

Keywords

HIV; human immunodeficiency virus; retrovirus; reverse transcriptase; T cell; immune system; immunity; AIDS; acquired immunodeficiency syndrome; infectious disease; experimental design; data interpretation

  

Subject Headings

Biology (General)
Cell Biology
Medicine (General)
Microbiology
Molecular Biology
Physiology
Public Health

EDUCATIONAL LEVEL

High school, Undergraduate lower division

  

FORMAT

PDF, PowerPoint

   

TOPICAL AREAS

Scientific method

   

LANGUAGE

English

   

TYPE/METHODS

Clicker, Discussion, Interrupted, Journal Article

 

 

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