Type of Resource | Exam and homework questions
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Topic | Materials/biomaterials
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Taxa | Widely applicable
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Organizational Level | Tissue
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Estimated time to do activity | 1-2 hrs |
Background required/level | 1st year undergrad science |
Role of activity in your course | One of a series through the course that is a major vehicle for self-directed education and assessment of understanding |
What students might learn from this course or activity | Students learn
- basic concepts of biomaterials/biomechanics
- research and precis skills
- presentation skills (oral presentation (with overhead slides) of findings required)
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Miscellaneous advice - pitfalls to avoid | Short oral presentations with limited overheads greatly reduces the occurrence of block-copying (plagiarism) from internet sites on homework assignments |
Frequently asked questions by students | If this exercise is used as an assessment, do only those people picked to present their overheads get assessed?
- No, everyone in the class gets assessed; all hand in their two overhead sheets ( whether presented, or used in subsequent class discussion, or not) for grading.
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Description | A short set of questions as an "exit topic" - i.e. homework research/reading. Answers required on not more than two overhead acetates; at beginning of next class, people are selected at random to present their acetates and lead a discussion on the topic. |
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