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Effective Learning in the Life Sciences : How Students Can Achieve Their Full Potential.
Effective Learning in the Life Sciences is intended to help ensure that each student achieves his or her true potential by learning how to solve problems creatively in laboratory, field or other workplace setting. Each chapter describes state of the art approaches to learning and teaching and will i...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
John Wiley & Sons,
2011.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; List of contributors; Introduction; The Book, Chapter by Chapter; Chapter 1: Creativity; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Adaptors and Creators; 1.3 Defining Problems; 1.4 Accessing Your Creative Potential; 1.5 Creativity Techniques; 1.6 Incubation; 1.7 Working in Groups
- Creative Environments; 1.8 Working in Groups
- Facilitated Creativity Sessions; 1.9 How Many Uses for an Old CD?; 1.10 Evaluating Your Ideas; 1.11 Putting Your Ideas Into Action; 1.12 How you can Achieve Your Creative Potential; 1.13 References; 1.14 Additional resources.
- Chapter 2: Problem solving
- developing critical, evaluative and analytical thinking skills2.1 What is Problem Solving?; 2.2 Problem-solving strategies; 2.3 Critical Thinking; 2.4 Critical Reading; 2.5 Using Judgement; 2.6 Constructing an Argument; 2.7 Visualisation
- Making Representations; 2.8 Other Strategies; 2.9 Pulling it Together; 2.10 How You Can Achieve Your Potential as a Problem Solver; 2.11 References; Additional resources; Chapter 3: In the laboratory; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Scientific Method; 3.3 Preparing for a Laboratory Class; 3.4 Laboratory Notebooks.
- 3.5 Laboratory Equipment3.6 Calculations in the Laboratory; 3.7 Working in a Group; 3.8 Working on Your Own; 3.9 Writing-up Experiments
- the Laboratory Report; 3.10 Concluding Comments; 3.11 How You Can Achieve Your Potential in the Laboratory; 3.12 Acknowledgements; 3.13 References; 3.14 Additional resources; 3.15 Problems associated with Koch's postulates; Chapter 4: Fieldwork; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Fieldwork
- Exciting or Overwhelming?; 4.3 Planning and Time Management; 4.4 Group Work and Social Aspects of Fieldwork; 4.5 Collecting the Right Data; 4.6 Technology in the Field.
- 4.7 Costs, Sustainability and Ethics4.8 Safety and Permissions; 4.9 Accessibility; 4.10 Making the Most of Different Types of Fieldwork; 4.11 Overcoming the Problems that WILL occur; 4.12 Feedback and Assessment (see also Chapter 10); 4.13 Concluding Comments; 4.14 How you can Achieve Your Potential During Fieldwork; 4.15 References; 4.16 Additional resources; 4.17 Potential solutions for kick-sampling case study; Chapter 5: In vivo work; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Animal Welfare Legislation; 5.3 The Principles of the 3Rs; 5.4 Alternatives to the Use of Animals in the Development of New Medicines.
- 5.5 Animal Models of Disease5.6 Experimental Design; 5.7 Recognition of Pain, Suffering or Ill Health in Animals Used for Research; 5.8 Ethical Review of In Vivo Studies; 5.9 Harm/Benefit Analysis; 5.10 The Arguments for and Against Animal Experimentation; 5.11 How You Can Achieve Your Potential in In Vivo Work; 5.12 References; Chapter 6: Research projects; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Research Project
- Role and Purpose; 6.3 Applying the Scientific Method; 6.4 Types of Project and Ideas for Research; 6.5 Characteristics of Good Research Projects; 6.6 Working in Groups; 6.7 Writing up.