Biochemical visual literacy with constructive alignment: Outcomes, assessment, and activities

Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 67-69

  Herráez, Angel ^a   Costa, Manuel João ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALCALÁ   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINHO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Assessment and the design of probes for student understanding and learning; Assessment of educational activities; Contributions from cognitive science and educational psychology to student learning; Molecular graphics and representations; Molecular visualization

Indexed keywords

PROTEIN;

ARTICLE; AUDIOVISUAL AID; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHEMISTRY; EDUCATION; HUMAN;

AUDIOVISUAL AIDS; BIOCHEMISTRY; HUMANS; PROTEINS;

EID: 84875630263     PISSN: 14708175     EISSN: 15393429     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bmb.20678     Document Type: Article

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