A Bioinformatics Module for Use in an Introductory Biology Laboratory

Autor/inn/en	Alaie, Adrienne; Teller, Virginia; Qiu, Wei-gang
Titel	A Bioinformatics Module for Use in an Introductory Biology Laboratory
Quelle	In: American Biology Teacher, 74 (2012) 5, S.318-322 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0002-7685
DOI	10.1525/abt.2012.74.5.6
Schlagwörter	Majors (Students); Laboratories; Biomedicine; Biology; Databases; Science Education; Introductory Courses; Computation; Inquiry; Computer Software; Data Analysis; College Students; College Science; Computer Uses in Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Laboratory; Laboratorium; Biomedizin; Biologie; Datenbank; Naturwissenschaftliche Bildung; Einführungskurs; Auswertung; Collegestudent; Computernutzung
Abstract	Since biomedical science has become increasingly data-intensive, acquisition of computational and quantitative skills by science students has become more important. For non-science students, an introduction to biomedical databases and their applications promotes the development of a scientifically literate population. Because typical college introductory biology laboratories do not include experiences of this type, we present a bioinformatics module that can easily be included in a 90-minute session of a biology course for both majors and non-majors. Students completing this computational, inquiry-based module observed the value of computer-assisted analysis. The module gave students an understanding of how to read files in a biological database (GenBank) and how to use a software tool (BLAST) to mine the database. (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10