Using an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways

In subjects like cell biology, genetics, and immunology, a solid understanding of signal transduction is key to mastering new content. Often times students’ approach to learning signal transduction pathways relies heavily on memorization. In this paper, we describe a modular method to introduce st...

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Autores principales:	Laura MacDonald, Verónica A. Segarra, Amanda Solem
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Publicado:	American Society for Microbiology 2019
Materias:	Special aspects of education LC8-6691 Biology (General) QH301-705.5
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:b3e9b28e400547e48effaea6835d0ea22021-11-15T15:04:12ZUsing an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways10.1128/jmbe.v20i3.16391935-78851935-7877https://doaj.org/article/b3e9b28e400547e48effaea6835d0ea22019-01-01T00:00:00Zhttps://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v20i3.1639https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7877https://doaj.org/toc/1935-7885In subjects like cell biology, genetics, and immunology, a solid understanding of signal transduction is key to mastering new content. Often times students’ approach to learning signal transduction pathways relies heavily on memorization. In this paper, we describe a modular method to introduce students to signal transduction. In this method, students are first presented with the discreet building blocks or molecules that comprise signaling pathways (such as the vocabulary terms signal molecule, receptor, effector and target) and asked to integrate the knowledge by building (“do it yourself” or DIY) their own signaling pathway. Students are then given the opportunity to learn about each other’s pathways to identify ways in which they overlap and diverge. Ultimately, students are given the task to search the literature to identify a real-world example that mimics or is very similar to the pathway they came up with and note similarities and differences. We find this is a way to foster students integrating signal transduction knowledge.Laura MacDonaldVerónica A. SegarraAmanda SolemAmerican Society for MicrobiologyarticleSpecial aspects of educationLC8-6691Biology (General)QH301-705.5ENJournal of Microbiology & Biology Education, Vol 20, Iss 3 (2019)
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description	In subjects like cell biology, genetics, and immunology, a solid understanding of signal transduction is key to mastering new content. Often times students’ approach to learning signal transduction pathways relies heavily on memorization. In this paper, we describe a modular method to introduce students to signal transduction. In this method, students are first presented with the discreet building blocks or molecules that comprise signaling pathways (such as the vocabulary terms signal molecule, receptor, effector and target) and asked to integrate the knowledge by building (“do it yourself” or DIY) their own signaling pathway. Students are then given the opportunity to learn about each other’s pathways to identify ways in which they overlap and diverge. Ultimately, students are given the task to search the literature to identify a real-world example that mimics or is very similar to the pathway they came up with and note similarities and differences. We find this is a way to foster students integrating signal transduction knowledge.
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title	Using an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways
title_short	Using an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways
title_full	Using an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways
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Using an Activity Based on Constructivism To Help Students Develop a More Integrated Understanding of Cell Signaling Pathways

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