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Using Test Question Templates to Teach Physiology Core Concepts

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العنوان: Using Test Question Templates to Teach Physiology Core Concepts
اللغة: English
المؤلفون: Crowther, Gregory J. (ORCID 0000-0003-0530-9130), Knight, Thomas A.
المصدر: Advances in Physiology Education. Jun 2023 47(2):202-214.
الإتاحة: American Physiological Society. 9650 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20814-3991. Tel: 301-634-7164; Fax: 301-634-7241; e-mail: webmaster@the-aps.org; Web site: https://www.physiology.org/journal/advances
Peer Reviewed: Y
Page Count: 13
تاريخ النشر: 2023
نوع الوثيقة: Journal Articles
Reports - Evaluative
Education Level: Higher Education
Postsecondary Education
Descriptors: Test Format, Physiology, Higher Education, Concept Teaching, Tests, Research Design, Models, Student Centered Learning, Course Objectives, Test Construction, Undergraduate Students, Scientific Concepts, Student Evaluation, Misconceptions
DOI: 10.1152/advan.00024.2022
تدمد: 1043-4046
1522-1229
مستخلص: The past [approximately]15 years have seen increasing interest in defining disciplinary core concepts. Within the field of physiology, Michael, McFarland, Modell, and colleagues have published studies that defined physiology core concepts and have elaborated many of these as detailed conceptual frameworks. With such helpful definitions now in place, attention is turning to the related issue of how to maximize student understanding of the core concepts by linking these "big ideas" to concrete student-facing resources for active learning and assessment. Our practitioner-based view begins with the recognition that in many if not most undergraduate physiology courses assessment drives learning. We have therefore linked published conceptual frameworks to Test Question Templates (TQTs), whose structure promotes transparent assessments as well as the active learning needed to prepare for such assessments. We provide examples of conceptual framework-linked TQTs for the physiology core concepts of Homeostasis, Flow Down Gradients, the Cell Membrane, and Cell-Cell Communication. We argue that this deployment of TQTs has at least two distinct benefits for the teaching and learning of core concepts. First, documenting the connections between conceptual frameworks and TQTs may clarify coverage and assessment of the core concepts for both instructors and students. Second, misconceptions about core concepts may be directly targeted and dispelled via thoughtful construction, arrangement, and iteration of TQTs. We propose that the TQT framework or similar approaches may be applied fruitfully to any sufficiently articulated physiology core concept for high school, undergraduate, or graduate students.
Abstractor: As Provided
Entry Date: 2023
رقم الأكسشن: EJ1394042
قاعدة البيانات: ERIC
الوصف
تدمد:1043-4046
1522-1229
DOI:10.1152/advan.00024.2022