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UNINA9910273523703321 |
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Current events |
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[Middletown, CT], : [Xerox Education Publications] |
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Current events |
Actualité |
Aspect pédagogique |
Periodicals. |
Périodique électronique (Descripteur de forme) |
Ressource Internet (Descripteur de forme) |
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Periodico |
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UNINA9910820366603321 |
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Titolo |
Effective learning in the life sciences : how students can achieve their full potential / / edited by David J. Adams |
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Chichester, West Sussex ; ; Hoboken, N.J., : John Wiley & Sons, 2011 |
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9786613300515 |
9781283300513 |
1283300516 |
9781119976646 |
1119976642 |
9781119977636 |
1119977630 |
9781119976653 |
1119976650 |
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Edizione |
[1st ed.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (289 p.) |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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AdamsDavid J (David James) |
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Life sciences - Study and teaching (Higher) |
Life sciences - Study and teaching (Higher) - Great Britain |
Creative teaching |
Biological laboratories |
Life sciences - Research |
Life sciences - Fieldwork |
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Case studies. |
Great Britain |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Effective Learning in the Life Sciences: How Students Can Achieve Their Full Potential; Contents; List of contributors; Introduction; 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 |
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; 2.12 Additional resources; 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 equipment |
3.6 Calculations in the laboratory3.7 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; 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 ethics |
4.8 Safety and permissions4.9 Accessibility; 4.10 Making the most of different types of fieldwork; 4.11 Overcoming the problems that WILL occur; 4.12 Feedback and assessment; 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; 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 disease; 5.6 Experimental design |
5.7 Recognition of pain, suffering or ill health in animals used for research5.8 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; 5.13 Additional resources; 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; 6.8 The possibility of publication |
6.9 How you can achieve your potential during final-year project |
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"Draws on experience from a major project conducted by the Centre for Bioscience, with a wide range of collaborators, designed to identify and implement creative teaching in bioscience laboratories and field settings"--Provided by publisher. |
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