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Objectives for this Activity: (as
presented to students before activity or in syllabus)
After completing this
assignment, participants will
- Understand application of current methods in the field,
- Visualize reporting of RNA data, and
- Critically view current discussions on RNA processing
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Prerequisites for this Activity: (not necessarily presented
to students)
Student should have an advanced understanding of the topic under consideration.
Materials and Resources:
What needs to be prepared in advance by the teacher? - A listing of articles.
What does the student need to bring to the lesson? - Complete prior readings
and have necessary background knowledge to qualify for taking the course
in the first place.
Guiding Questions for this Activity: (not presented directly
to students but a question that should be addressed in the readings)
What is currently understood about the Nuclear Pore Complex and RNA transport?
Activity as Presented to Students: (usually in conjunction with the asynchronous
discussion forum)
Assignment: Article Critique
Instructions:
After reading your assigned article, write a brief summary and reaction
statement in which you provide an analysis. Possible points to address
include:
- Why was the article written?
- What was the methodology employed?
- Why was that methodology chosen?
- What prior work does this article build on?
- Does this article support prior research?
- What is the main point of the article?
- What future research needs to be completed?
- How could this article have been improved?
Submit your critique in the discussion forum for this lesson. Include
the full citation at the start of your critique.
Be prepared to discuss the articles in our weekly synchronous session.
You will be expected to lead the discussion on the article that you
are assigned. You may want to prepare slides to use during the presentation.
These slides should be converted into image files for importing into
the synchronous discussion tool. See the course orientation materials
for instructions on how to do that.
Article List with Assignments:
[...Listing of articles would then be included with
student names next to their assigned readings. This list could also
go out in a weekly email. The assignment should be made with sufficient
time for the students to fully analyze the article. ]
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Teaching Strategies:
At the start of the semester, provide
students the chance to sign up to perform the article critiques. This
sign up should include information by week and topic so that students
can choose by one, the other, or both.
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Other tips to help the lesson run smoothly? Patience is a key. Provide
the students time to guide the discussion on the article assigned to them.
Allow
the students time to answer questions concerning their given article. Rather
than provide direct answers, guide students to the answers of their questions.
Try not to let misunderstandings linger, but at the same time allow for
students to self correct or correct others.
Accommodations:
What accommodations may be needed for students
with disabilities or other special needs? This lesson requires few if any
accommodations. Most text to speech and speech to text programs can function
within most asynchronous discussion tools. The bandwidth requirements are
also low. If images are used during the synchronous session, some students
may need full descriptions.
Ideas for Activity Evaluation and Teacher Reflection:
How did the students like the lesson? End of semester evaluations should
ask about the usefulness and learning accomplished through such activities.
How was student learning verified? An assessment should be performed on
the quality of both the initial response by students, and any counter responses.
Furthermore, retention of the knowledge should be tested by students ability
to build on this knowledge with later units.
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