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Learning our L.I.M.I.T.S.: less is more in teaching science

Hoskins, Sally G., Stevens, Leslie M.·2009·Advances in Physiology Education

Abstract

The rapid and accelerating pace of change in physiology and cell biology, along with the easy access to huge amounts of content, have altered the playing field for science students, yet most students are still mainly taught from textbooks. Of necessity, textbooks are usually broad in scope, cover topics much more superficially than do journal articles, and present the scientific process as a linear string of successful experiments, largely ignoring the reality of rejected hypotheses, unanticipated discoveries, or surprising findings that may shift paradigms. We suggest that a more narrow focus on scientific thinking, using a new method for reading a series of journal articles that track the evolution of a single project over a period of years, can more realistically convey the excitement and challenges of research science and perhaps stimulate some students to consider research careers for themselves. Our approach, termed “CREATE” (for Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze data, and Think of the next Experiment), has proven successful at both demystifying the scientific literature and humanizing science/scientists in undergraduate biology courses ( 8 ), and we suggest that it could be profitably expanded to physiology courses.

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Authors
Hoskins, S. G., & Stevens, L. M.
Affiliations
  • The Graduate Center, CUNY (US)
  • The University of Texas at Austin (US)
Venue
Advances in Physiology Education
Published
2009-03
Volume
33
Issue
1
Pages
17-20
ISSN
  • 1043-4046 (ISSN-L)
  • 1522-1229
OpenAlex
W2145550235
Cited by
43
References
14
Citations by year
2024: 2 · 2023: 1 · 2022: 2 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2 · 2018: 2 · 2017: 2 · 2016: 3 · 2015: 6 · 2014: 6 · 2013: 3 · 2012: 3
FWCI
14.17
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • AJP Advances in Physiology Education (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
Funders
National Science Foundation
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Education › Science Education and Pedagogy
  • Social Sciences › Education › Innovative Teaching Methods
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › History and Philosophy of Science › Evolution and Science Education
Keywords
science education, physiology education, cell biology education, scientific thinking, scientific careers, undergraduate biology courses, scientific method, hypothesis testing, data analysis
MeSH terms
Humans, Periodicals as Topic, Physiology, Teaching, Textbooks as Topic, Universities

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