Task Books as an Assessment Tool for Demonstrating Basic Lab Skills in a Microbiology Course

The demonstration of basic laboratory skills is a valued student-learning outcome in the microbiology laboratory classroom. Typically, students can be accessed via a lab practical where, in a testing situation, they are asked to demonstrate their newly learned skills. However, with this approach, st...

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Autor principal:	Jeff Dykes
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2012
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:838eeee3a46c499ca953cd9924bea3ce2021-11-15T15:20:09ZTask Books as an Assessment Tool for Demonstrating Basic Lab Skills in a Microbiology Course10.1128/jmbe.v13i1.3501935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/838eeee3a46c499ca953cd9924bea3ce2012-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v13i1.350https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885The demonstration of basic laboratory skills is a valued student-learning outcome in the microbiology laboratory classroom. Typically, students can be accessed via a lab practical where, in a testing situation, they are asked to demonstrate their newly learned skills. However, with this approach, students are usually given one opportunity to show proficiency. If they fail a technique, they do not have the chance to improve their performance. Another solution is needed to verify proficiency in basic lab skills. I have encountered positive results with the use of a proficiency task book created for the microbiology lab.Jeff DykesAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 13, Iss 1, Pp 57-58 (2012)
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description	The demonstration of basic laboratory skills is a valued student-learning outcome in the microbiology laboratory classroom. Typically, students can be accessed via a lab practical where, in a testing situation, they are asked to demonstrate their newly learned skills. However, with this approach, students are usually given one opportunity to show proficiency. If they fail a technique, they do not have the chance to improve their performance. Another solution is needed to verify proficiency in basic lab skills. I have encountered positive results with the use of a proficiency task book created for the microbiology lab.
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Task Books as an Assessment Tool for Demonstrating Basic Lab Skills in a Microbiology Course

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