Integrating bioinformatics into senior high school: Design principles and implications

Briefings in Bioinformatics

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2013, Pages 648-660

  Machluf, Yossy ^a   Yarden, Anat ^a  

^a WEIZMANN INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE   (Israel)

Author keywords

Authenticity; Bioinformatics education; Domain specific knowledge; High school; Learning environment; Revised bloom's taxonomy

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; AUTHENTICITY; BIOINFORMATICS EDUCATION; BIOLOGY; CURRICULUM; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; EDUCATION; HIGH SCHOOL; HUMAN; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; REVISED BLOOM'S TAXONOMY; STUDENT; TEACHING;

AUTHENTICITY; BIOINFORMATICS EDUCATION; DOMAIN-SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE; HIGH SCHOOL; LEARNING ENVIRONMENT; REVISED BLOOM'S TAXONOMY;

ADOLESCENT; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; COMPUTER-ASSISTED INSTRUCTION; CURRICULUM; HUMANS; KNOWLEDGE; LEARNING; STUDENTS; TEACHING;

EID: 84896952911     PISSN: 14675463     EISSN: 14774054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bib/bbt030     Document Type: Article

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