Learning in a gene technology laboratory with educational focus: Results of a teaching unit with authentic experiments

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 28-39

  Scharfenberg, Franz Josef ^a   Bogner, Franz X ^a   Klautke, Siegfried ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BAYREUTH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cognitive load theory; Hands on experiments; Molecular biology education; Out of school learning

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; EDUCATION PROGRAM; EXPERIMENTATION; GENE TECHNOLOGY; HUMAN; LABORATORY; LEARNING; MEDICAL RESEARCH; MOLECULAR BIOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; TECHNIQUE;

EID: 33947213960     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.1     Document Type: Article

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