Many biology students eventually pursue careers in the health sciences. To create explicit links between introductory biology content and the health sciences, we implemented Context Breaks—a series of seven mini-lectures linking course content to lactase persistence/nonpersistence. Context Breaks were implemented over the course of a semester in a punctuated case-study format and received positive feedback from students. They most highly associated them with deeper learning of material.
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Context Breaks: A Health-Related Case Study as a Unifying Teaching Tool in General Biology
Sophie K. Hill,
Rhesa N. Ledbetter
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The American Biology Teacher
Vol. 84 • No. 3
March 2022
Vol. 84 • No. 3
March 2022
Introductory biology
LACTASE PERSISTENCE
LACTOSE INTOLERANCE
pre-health professions