Television format or research project? Team work and the opportunity of choosing classroom-led activities reinforce active learning 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

Forgotten hardware: how to urinate in a spacesuit 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

On May 5, 1961, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to fly in space. Although National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) had discounted the need for him to urinate, Shepard did,...

Using a classic paper by Robin Fahraeus and Torsten Lindqvist to teach basic hemorheology 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

"The viscosity of the blood in narrow capillary tubes" by Robin Fåhraeus and Torsten Lindqvist (Am J Physiol 96: 562–568, 1931) can be a valuable opportunity for teaching basic hemorheological princip...

Rationale and resources for teaching the mathematical modeling of athletic training and performance 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

A number of professions rely on exercise prescription to improve health or athletic performance, including coaching, fitness/personal training, rehabilitation, and exercise physiology. It is therefore...

The effectiveness of separating theory and practicum as a conduit to learning physiology 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

Many conventional science courses contain subjects embedded with laboratory-based activities. However, research on the benefits of positioning the practicals within the theory subject or developing th...

Offering an anatomy and physiology course through a high school-university partnership: the Minnesota model 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

This article describes a one-semester anatomy and physiology course that is currently offered through the concurrent enrollment program at the University of Minnesota. The article explains how high sc...

A teacher-developed inquiry model to teach the molecular basis of hyperbolic kinetics in biological membrane transport 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

A previously published classroom teaching method for helping students visualize and understand Michaelis-Menten kinetics ( 19 ) was used as an anticipatory set with high school and middle school scien...

Development of concept-based physiology lessons for biomedical engineering undergraduate students 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

Physiology is a core requirement in the undergraduate biomedical engineering curriculum. In one or two introductory physiology courses, engineering students must learn physiology sufficiently to suppo...

Retrieval practice is an efficient method of enhancing the retention of anatomy and physiology information 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

Although a great deal of empirical evidence has indicated that retrieval practice is an effective means of promoting learning and memory, very few studies have investigated the strategy in the context...

Online feedback assessments in physiology: effects on students' learning experiences and outcomes 1 Jun 2013 | 10:10 pm

Online formative assessments have become increasingly popular; however, formal evidence supporting their educational benefits is limited. This study investigated the impact of online feedback quizzes ...