02/01/2022 |
Structured course-format and destructive friction of a comprehensive final exam |
Disappointing student achievements are strive in introductory courses at large open-enrolment universities. At least that is our experience in the first year. We have created a moderate structure Cell Biology course, with group-based activities, clicker-quizzes and more frequent in-course assessments, with the aim of reducing the mass experience and align teaching better with the secondary-school experience. The results are remarkably positive but…… the comprehensive final exam remains a destructive friction for a large subpopulation of students. |
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08/29/2017 |
Web-based learning triggers autonomous motivation |
From numerous occasions of disruptive behavior in lectures we concluded that the traditional lecture format seemingly lacked purpose. We have countered this type of behaviour not be sanctions but by creating a more engaging, motivating and learning-centered environment. To achieve this we have sought inspiration in theories and findings about the facilitation of engagement and chose the Self-Determination Theory of motivation. The outcome of our reflection led in 2012 to a complete overhaul of the introductory cell biology course by offering students more say. In a new publication we describe how students perceive and react to these changes. |
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02/13/2016 |
The 3rd edition of Signal Transduction; a book for students and teachers |
The 3rd edition of Signal Transduction was written with students and instructors in mind. What will suit us best, students and instructors, is a narrative fashion; embedding pathways in physiological settings.Thus, each chapter, with one exception, deals with specific signaling pathways placed in one or two precise contexts (themes) such as muscle contraction, cell migration, cell fate determination, immunity, sensory organs, and others. These contexts (enriched with anatomy, cell biology, histology, physiology or pathology) offer students and instructors the opportunity to tell a story, rather than a list of events to quote. For the new edition we have made all images, at high resolution, fully accessible for teachers, students and scientists.
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