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| Conventional teaching practice all too often consists of memorization and pattern recognition, rather than concept mastery; it can leave both student and teacher with an false sense of subject mastery (see here). |
To gain a confident understanding, one needs to work with, and apply abstract concepts to real-life scenarios. Such a "socratic simulator" model of learning enables students to recognize, confront, correct, and expand their understanding of subject or a technique. Virtual laboratories are "biology simulators" that enable students to work in an experimentally rigorous setting. Based
on rigorous and research-based models of biological
processes and student
misconceptions, virtual laboratories provide
an effective approach to a working understanding
of experimental science. |
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| In memory of Spencer I. Browne (1949-2005); he made it possible for us to explore this dream. |