Dealing with the challenges of teaching molecular biophysics to biochemistry majors through an heuristics-based approach

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 163-168

  Castanho, Miguel A R B ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LISBON   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biophysics; Heuristics; Problem based learning

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOPHYSICS; CURRICULUM; EDUCATION; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EDUCATIONAL MODEL; HUMAN; LEARNING; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PROBLEM SOLVING; RESEARCH; REVIEW; SCIENCE; STUDENT ATTITUDE; TRAINING;

EID: 33746890922     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.2002.494030030031     Document Type: Review

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