How To Generate Understanding of the Scientific Process in Introductory Biology A Student-Designed Laboratory Exercise on Yeast Fermentation

• Published in: The American biology teacher Vol. 66; no. 1; pp. 51 - 53
• Main Authors: Collins, Linda T., Bell, Rebekah P.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Reston National Association of Biology Teachers 01.01.2004; University of California Press; University of California Press Books Division
• Subjects: Alcohols; Biology; Carbon dioxide; Climate; Comprehension; Experiment design; Experiments; Faculty Workload; Fermentation; Genetic aspects; How-To-Do-It; How-To-Do-Its; Laboratories; Laboratory Experiments; Reagents; Research Design; Science education; Science Experiments; Science Instruction; Science Teachers; Sciences education; Scientific method; Student Participation; Study and teaching; Teachers; Teaching Load; Teaching Methods; Water; Writing Instruction; Writing Skills; Yeast; Yeast fungi; Yeasts; Yeasts (Fungi)
• ISSN: 0002-7685; 1938-4211
• DOI: 10.1662/0002-7685%282004%29066%5B0052%3AHTGUOT%5D2.0.CO%3B2

Heavy faculty teaching loads and limited funds biology teachers designed certain objectives in order to increase the understandability of the subject matter of the laboratory exercises they write. In relation to these objectives an old "cookbook" laboratory exercise on yeast fermentation i...