Journal of Turkish Science Education
Yazarlar: Hasan Deniz , William S. Harwood
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Anahtar Kelimeler:Lecture ,Virology ,Student-Engagement
Özet: This paper critically examines the place of traditional lectures within the context of an upper level biology course in an increasingly technological large American university. We examined aprofessor’s effort to improve his course by incorporating weekly student presentations. This organizational change in the course resulted in the removal of about one-third of the contentpreviously covered. The presentations were successful at engaging students, but additional pedagogical changes were identified that may improve student engagement. Our results suggested thatknowing content is necessary but not sufficient to keep students engaged and explain complex biology content in an understandable fashion.