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Improving Active Learning by Integrating Scientific Abstracts Into Biological Science Courses

Journal of College Science Teaching—January/February 2012

The author discusses using scientific abstracts in a genetics course. Students are introduced to topics via abstracts within lectures, as quiz material, and as homework to develop their understanding of how and why research is performed, what information they can freely acquire, and how to access information for their own research.

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