Biophysics software for interdisciplinary education and research

Implications for Undergraduate Education of Two Interdisciplinary Biological Sciences: Biochemistry and Biophysics

As CBE—Life Sciences Education readers know, modern biology has become more quantitative and mechanistic rather than qualitative and phenomenological. Indeed, the American Society for Cell Biology (2010) notes that “biology learning encompasses diverse fields, including math, chemistry, physics, engineering, and computer science, as well as the interdisciplinary intersections of biology with th...

Early integration of the individual student in academic activities: a novel classroom concept for graduate education in molecular biophysics and structural biology

BACKGROUND A key challenge in interdisciplinary research is choosing the best approach from a large number of techniques derived from different disciplines and their interfaces. RESULTS To address this challenge in the area of Biophysics and Structural Biology, we have designed a graduate level course to teach students insightful use of experimental biophysical approaches in relationship to a...

Concept Mapping in Science Education Assessment: an Approach to Computer-supported Achievement Tests in an Interdisciplinary Hypermedia Learning Environment

The acquisition of conceptual knowledge is a central aim in science education. In this study, an interdisciplinary hypermedia-media assisted learning unit about hibernation and thermodynamics was developed and evaluated. But the assessment of interdisciplinary knowledge is not trivial. Therefore, concept mapping procedures were used to assess the cognitive effects within this complex knowledge ...

Ac 2007-3100: Innovative Use of a Research Reactor for Interdisciplinary Engineering Education

Bhaskar\'s Views on Transcendental-Critical Research in Education

Bhaskar's Views on Transcendental-Critical Research in Education M. Poorkarimi, Ph.D. A.R. Saadeghzaadeh, Ph.D. K. Baagheri, Ph.D. M. Mehrmohammadi, Ph.D. To explain Bhaskar's views on the very essence of transcendental-critical research and the way it can be conducted in the field of education a deductive approach is taken. This type of research assumes a structured uni...