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The UNSIN project: exploring the molecular...

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The UNSIN project: exploring the molecular physiology of sins

Abstract

Although active learning works, promoting it in large undergraduate science classes is difficult. Here, three students (F. Naji, L. Salci, and G. Hoit) join their teacher (P. K. Rangachari) in describing one such attempt. Two cohorts in a first-year undergraduate biology course explored the molecular underpinnings of human misbehavior. Students were divided into 18 groups and randomly allotted to deal with one of the four deadly sins: sloth, …

Authors

Naji F; Salci L; Hoit G; Rangachari PK

Journal

Advances in Physiology Education, Vol. 36, No. 1, pp. 13–19

Publisher

American Physiological Society

Publication Date

March 2012

DOI

10.1152/advan.00087.2011

ISSN

1043-4046

Associated Experts

Faysal Naji

Assistant Clinical Professor (Adjunct), Faculty of Health Sciences

Patangi Rangachari

Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Health Sciences

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Fields of Research (FoR)

3901 Curriculum and pedagogy

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