Study Guide Approach to Teaching Biology
Goals
- Create a framework for learning related information.
- Provide motivation for learning material.
- Present fundamentals of biology in appropriate context.
- Improve retention of material through active participation.
Methods
- Use interesting story lines as context for learning.
- Utilize additional text and graphics to suppliment text
book.
- Supply a clear set of expectations for each class meeting.
Image taken from an interactive
Virtual Plant Cell program on WWW that helps students understand how
paraquat kills plant cells.
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