Introducing DNA concepts to Swiss high school students based on a Brazilian educational game

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 416-421

  Cardona, Tânia Da S ^a   Spiegel, Carolina N ^b   Alves, Gutemberg G ^c   Ducommun, Jacques ^d   Henriques Pons, Andrea ^a   Araújo Jorge, Tania C ^a  

^a INSTITUTO OSWALDO CRUZ   (Brazil)

^b FLUMINENSE FEDERAL UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^c ESTÁCIO DE SÁ UNIVERSITY   (Brazil)

^d Haute Ecole Pédagogique BEJUNE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

DNA; Game; High school students; Inquiry based approach; Molecular biology; Problem based learning; Teaching and learning techniques methods and approaches

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; BRAZIL; COMPREHENSION; DNA EXTRACTION; DNA STRUCTURE; EDUCATION PROGRAM; GAME; GEL ELECTROPHORESIS; GENE MUTATION; GENE SEQUENCE; GENE THERAPY; HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT; HUMAN; LEARNING; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; SOCIOECONOMICS; TEACHER;

EID: 36749059045     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.95     Document Type: Article

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