EVALUATION OF NEW EDUCATIONAL STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE THE TEACHING-LEARNING PROCESS

ISLA M.I; ORDOÑEZ R.M.; ZAMPINI I.C; SAYAGO J.E.; LIZARRAGA E; ALBERTO M. R.; JUAREZ B; NIEVA MORENO M.I.; QUARENGHI M

BIOCELL

INST HISTOL EMBRIOL-CONICET

Lugar: Mendoza; Año: 2011 vol. 35 p. 115 - 115

0327-9545

After the 2007 teaching-learning process of the Asignature "Elements of Organic and Biological Chemistry" evaluation, it was shown that was necessary the implementation of strategies to foster a dynamic and constructive learning and the improvement of the analysis ability, observation, results evaluation, reasoning and critical thinking by students. Objectives: From these assessment, modifications were made in order to improve the quality of education. Methods: a) Seminars, consisting on the groupal analysis and discussion of a scientific work, b) Practical work: learning was raised as a small research project between teachers and students from isolation to characterization of biomolecules. c) Organic chemistry practical work were reorganized d) Bibliography: Bibliographic material was published (Ser. Monográ. y didáct. Vol 47). In order to evaluate the results the percentage of students who regularized and/or promoted the subject from 2006 to 2009 were analyzed. Results: An increase in the number of students who regularized the subject was observed. About 20% from 2006 to 2007, 40% from 2006 to 2008 and 50% in 2009. The percentage of promoted students kept the same. The results indicate that the strategies used contributed to the improve the teaching-learning proces.