Resumen de Biochemistry, where you can find new interactions
Ester Maiques, B. Ballester, E. Lledó, E. Poch, I. Pérez
In subjects known as basic, as is the case of the of Biochemistry, in the first years of degreesrelated to Health Sciences, there is usually a climate in the classroom with little motivation andinvolvement from the students, since they have the perception that the subject is difficult andboring. From this problem arises this project, whose objective is to increase the engagement of thestudents of Biochemistry as a key to address the problems of low performance and low motivation.For this, we have relied on the methodology of peer instruction developed by Eric Mazur, includingseveral modifications, but keeping the basis of this interactive educational method in which studentsexplain the concepts to the rest of the classmates and the use of conceptual tests before and after theexplanations. To promote motivation and creativity, and thereby increase the involvement of students,we ask them to use new educational tools, by preparing videos, to make the explanations to theirclassmates. The project has been developed in the subject of Biochemistry in the Degree of VeterinaryMedicine, in the Universidad CEU Cardenal Herrera, in the second year. They performed conceptualtests before and after the peer instruction, improving in most cases the results of these tests after theexperience. Finally, the students conducted a survey, based on the SEEQ questionnaire, a reliable andvalidated tool to assess the degree of satisfaction of university students. The general evaluation wasgood, being the teacher-student and student-student interaction the better factors evaluated, while theperception of learning was not as good as expected.
