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Incorporating Case Studies Into An Undergraduate Genetics Course, Marlene Murray
Incorporating Case Studies Into An Undergraduate Genetics Course, Marlene Murray
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Genetics is considered one of the most challenging courses in the biology curricula at both the secondary and post secondary levels. Case based teaching has been shown to improve student perception and performance outcomes in both non-science and science courses. Thus in an effort to improve outcomes, case studies were integrated into an undergraduate genetics course as a supplement to lecture and replacement to recitation. Student perception and performance when case studies were used was compared to two previous years before the incorporation of case studies. Student course evaluations, pre and post surveys of student knowledge, and exam scores indicated …
Choice Theory: An Effective Approach To Classroom Discipline And Management, Elvin Gabriel, Lionel Matthews
Choice Theory: An Effective Approach To Classroom Discipline And Management, Elvin Gabriel, Lionel Matthews
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Following The Path From Teaching To Research University: Increasing Knowledge Productivity, Gus Gregorutti
Following The Path From Teaching To Research University: Increasing Knowledge Productivity, Gus Gregorutti
Faculty Publications
The 21st century has started out with an almighty university that has been evolving to the point of believing in the metamorphosis of people and society through the creation of powerful inventions. And society seems to expect that too. Universities around the world are experiencing an increasing pressure for producing revolutionary ideas that can be translated into publications, patents, business, and the like. As a way of welcoming the third mission for universities, elite winners of this tough game are gathering prestige, visibility, and all kind of human and financial assets. Training and doing research (first and second missions) is …
La Producción De Investigación En Las Universidades Privadas: Estudio De Un Caso, Gus Gregorutti
La Producción De Investigación En Las Universidades Privadas: Estudio De Un Caso, Gus Gregorutti
Faculty Publications
This case study describes how Tecnológico de Monterrey, in northern Mexico, has experienced a qualitative and quantitative increase in its intellectual productivity. In less than ten years, this university has moved from generating few ideas to being one of most distinguished Mexican private universities in the production of knowledge, patents and several research-derived businesses. This work explores how the re-elaboration of the institutional mission and the implementation of a model of research classes, among others, were decisive factors to increase the production of ideas. In this way, the university has increased its visibility and international ranking, attracting qualified re-searchers, developing …
Meeting Students Where They Are, Lionel Matthews, Elvin Gabriel
Meeting Students Where They Are, Lionel Matthews, Elvin Gabriel
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