BTEC 25 - Analytical PCR Techniques - Stage 5 - Ying-Tsu Loh
Assessment
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Assessment Description | A "Design of Experiment" was used as a final project for the course. This project allowed the students to look up information using bioinformatics and make informed decisions on genes to examine using rt-qpcr. |
Learning Outcomes | ALL |
Number of Sections | 1 |
Number of Instructors | 1 |
Number of Students | 23 |
Data Analysis
Data Shared With | Students |
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Data Sharing Methods | classroom |
Data Summary | The overall learning outcome of the course was 9.04 out of 10, 10 being best. For each learning outcome, scores between 8.8-10 were achieved with 9.4 being the highest (10 best outcome). |
Analysis Summary | Students achieved an outcome if scores were between 7-10. |
Next Steps Planned | I will not be teaching this course this semester. |
Learning Outcomes | No answer |
Changes
Details | This class also saw a large increase in class size. I had to change the way the class was taught - having groups even in the simpler experiments. This, I felt, decreased learning and increased frustration amongst the students. |
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Learning Outcomes | ALL |
Tentative Future Plans
Term | Will not be teaching course |
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Activities | Will not be teaching course |
More Details | No answer |
SLO Details Storage Location
ELECTRONIC COPY - In my electronic filing system (hard drive or web server)
Additional Highlights
Some testaments to the improvement of the course using "design an experiment":"Challenging class but learned a lot and was great. Should be more than a one unit course."
"Combination of PCR and qPCR is very powerful. Learning more than just techniques, also learning bioinformatics. Can't wait to run PCR in industry."
"Preparing the Lab reports was a lot of work but it really helped us to fully understand the concepts and the learning objectives of each experiment and it even makes the students to learn more things beyond what is given during class discussions."