Chemistry: Faculty Publications (1990-2023)
Protein Sequencing Jigsaw
Document Type
Article
Publication Date
2010
Publication Title
Journal of Chemical Education
DOI
10.1021/ed8001144
ISSN
1938-1328
Abstract
The jigsaw technique has been used in a fourth-year biochemistry course to increase problem-solving abilities of the students. The jigsaw method is a cooperative-learning technique that involves a group structure. Students start with a “home” group. That group is responsible for learning an assigned portion of a task. Then the instructor separates students into new groups, the “jigsaw groups”, by assigning one member from each home group to a new group. In the jigsaw group, students share information and complete some sort of project or product: in this case, several protein-sequencing problems. The implementation of this technique increased student scores in this particular area on an individual exam and on the final exam.
Recommended Citation
Davis McGibony, C. Michele.
2010.
"Protein Sequencing Jigsaw."
Journal of Chemical Education, 87 (4): 409-411: American Chemical Society.
doi: 10.1021/ed8001144 source: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/ed8001144
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/chem-facpubs/56
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