Cannibalism, Kuru, and Mad Cows: Prion Disease As a "Choose-Your-Own-Experiment" Case Study to Simulate Scientific Inquiry in Large Lectures

PLoS Biology
Antonio SerranoJustin K Hines

Abstract

Despite significant efforts to reform undergraduate science education, students often perform worse on assessments of perceptions of science after introductory courses, demonstrating a need for new educational interventions to reverse this trend. To address this need, we created An Inexplicable Disease, an engaging, active-learning case study that is unusual because it aims to simulate scientific inquiry by allowing students to iteratively investigate the Kuru epidemic of 1957 in a choose-your-own-experiment format in large lectures. The case emphasizes the importance of specialization and communication in science and is broadly applicable to courses of any size and sub-discipline of the life sciences.

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Sep 3, 2011·CBE Life Sciences Education·Katharine SemsarMichelle K Smith
May 14, 2014·Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America·Scott FreemanMary Pat Wenderoth
Sep 4, 2014·CBE Life Sciences Education·Sarah L Eddy, Kelly A Hogan

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Jun 8, 2019·PLoS Biology·Ménonvè AtindehouEstelle Jaligot
Jan 1, 2020·Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education·Jeremy L Hsu

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