College Freshman Biology Two Semester Course: Integrating Deep Processing Teaching Techniques

Development of a college level freshman biology course was undertaken in response to government reports that American students have fallen behind students of other countries in the area of the sciences. Teaching strategies were investigated to accomplish two objectives, to define essential academic material to include in the course and to investigate teaching techniques that would increase deep processing of the information. An active process that consisted of applying the cognitive information to solving problems or developing answers to questions was defined as critical thinking. Critical thinking was incorporated into the course by the use of case studies.

Grantor dc:publisher

University of North Texas

Year dc:date

2002

Author dc:creator

• Blevins, Mary Jean

Contributors dc:contributor

• O'Donovan, Gerard A.
• Shanley, Mark S.
• White, Olivia

• Biology -- Study and teaching (Higher)
• critical thinking
• freshman biology
• teaching techniques
• deep processing
• academic material

Statement dc:rights

• Public
• Copyright
• Blevins, Mary Jean
• Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

Language dc:language

English

Identifier

oclc: 54835959
https://digital.library.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc3158/
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OAI identifier oai:identifier

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