Writing‐to‐learn in Investigative Physiology Laboratory Instruction

An investigative laboratory course in human physiology using computer technology and collaborative writing.

Active investigative student-directed experiences in laboratory science are being encouraged by national science organizations. A growing body of evidence from classroom assessment supports their effectiveness. This study describes four years of implementation and assessment of an investigative laboratory course in human physiology for 65 second-year students in sports medicine and biology at a...

Effects of Investigative Laboratory Instruction on Content Knowledge and Science Process Skill Achievement across Learning Styles

The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of investigative laboratory integration on student content knowledge and science process skill achievement across learning styles. Treatment groups utilized one of three levels of treatment: subject matter approach without laboratory experimentation, subject matter approach with prescriptive laboratory experimentation, and subject matter app...

The investigative enterprise: experimental physiology in nineteenth-century medicine

MATTHEWRAMSEY, Professionalandpopularmedicine in France, 1770-1830. Thesocialworld ofmedicalpractice, Cambridge History ofMedicine, Cambridge University Press, 1988, 8vo, pp. xvii, 406, illus., £35.00, $49.50. Between 1770 and 1830, the boundaries ofmedical practice were redefined as new elitist forms arose and popular methods declined. The rise ofofficial medicine in France, especially its str...

The Laboratory of Physiology

Teaching acid/base physiology in the laboratory.

Acid/base homeostasis is one of the most difficult subdisciplines of physiology for medical students to master. A different approach, where theory and practice are linked, might help students develop a deeper understanding of acid/base homeostasis. We therefore set out to develop a laboratory exercise in acid/base physiology that would provide students with unambiguous and reproducible data tha...