T he following scenarios were developed as part of an eight-week, fourth-year predoctoral course at Harvard School of Dental Medicine (HSDM) named “Advanced Dentistry RotationCore,” taught by Dr. Franson Tom. As the course title implies, students actively participated in weekly seminars on advanced dentistry topics. The seminars required prior preparation of student OSCEs (Objective Structured ...

We describe an assessment strategy that helped to ensure high participation levels together with a relevant certification in a MOOC Mathematics course. We report on the first running of the Markov Matrices course making emphasis on the preparation of exercises with random parameters for graded weekly tests. A brief description is given of forum interactions during self-assessment moments follow...

one of the important technical obstacles in the study of many filamentous fungi is the development of efficient transformation system. transformation of filamentous fungi is difficult because they have a cell wall and for most frequently used approaches preparing of protoplast is necessary. protoplast preparation is batch-dependent and often frustrating work. in this study, a modified method wa...

Teacher education preparation programs prepare pre-service teachers for K-12 classrooms. In order to best prepare pre-service teachers, higher education institutions must be cognizant of the changes that are occurring in today’s K-12 classes. The flipped model is an approach to instruction where direct instruction and lecture is viewed at home and class time is used for collaboration and projec...

This paper reports on a course whose aim is to introduce Formal Language Theory to students with little formal background (mostly linguistics students). The course was first taught at the European Summer School for Logic, Language and Information to a mixed audience of students, undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate, with various backgrounds. The challenges of teaching such a course include ...

This case study focused on a university teacher-education course that included NOS content. An adapted questionnaire was used to collect quantitative data 83 secondary science teachers’ views about three themes before and after completing the course. Qualitative were collected from eight of teachers who observed teaching during their field experience The post-course mean scores statistically si...

Modifying the sequence, objectives, and research-based content for a nursing interventions course in a baccalaureate curriculum resulted in improved outcomes including enhancement of the evidence bases for nursing interventions. A mixed methods research study demonstrated better student preparation for clinical experiences and improved satisfaction with course content, consistency, and sequenci...