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Published on: July 27, 2018
A conceptual framework for homeostasis: development and validation
Jenny McFarland1, Mary Pat Wenderoth2, Joel Michael3
1Biology Department, Edmonds Community College, Lynnwood, Washington; jmcfarla@email.edcc.edu.
Abstract:
We have developed and validated a conceptual framework for understanding and teaching organismal homeostasis at the undergraduate level. The resulting homeostasis conceptual framework details critical components and constituent ideas underlying the concept of homeostasis. It has been validated by a broad range of physiology faculty members from community colleges, primarily undergraduate institutions, research universities, and medical schools. In online surveys, faculty members confirmed the relevance of each item in the framework for undergraduate physiology and rated the importance and difficulty of each. The homeostasis conceptual framework was constructed as a guide for teaching and learning of this critical core concept in physiology, and it also paves the way for the development of a concept inventory for homeostasis.
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