E!Canasta:在生物化学课上教导ATP合成和代谢调节的纸牌游戏
Thalles Henrique Faria de Souza1, Eduardo Figueiredo Peloso2, Gabriel Gerber Hornink2
1Federal University of Alfenas, Alfenas, Brazil.
概括
卡牌游戏E!Canasta增强了对三酸腺 (ATP) 合成和代谢途径的理解. 这个引人入胜的游戏提高了学生的动力和学习复杂的生物化学过程.
科学领域:
- 生物化学教育教育 生物化学教育
- 代谢途径学习学习 代谢途径学习
- 基于游戏的学习策略
背景情况:
- 了解腺三酸盐 (ATP) 的形成对于理解新陈代谢至关重要.
- 高抽象性,众多中间体和代谢途径的复杂调节挑战了学生的理解.
- 传统的教学方法往往与抽象的科学概念作斗争.
研究的目的:
- 介绍E!Canasta,一个基于游戏的策略,以改善ATP合成的学习.
- 增强学生的参与度和对糖解,乙-CoA,克雷布斯循环和电子运输链的理解.
- 通过游戏机制模拟代谢调节和整合.
主要方法:
- 开发了E!Canasta,这是一款改编自Canasta的纸牌游戏,专注于核心代谢途径.
- 实施了特殊的卡片来模拟代谢调节和整合.
- 向86名生物化学学生管理匿名的利克特比例问卷,以评估游戏玩法,动机和理解的感知.
主要成果:
- E!Canasta在游戏玩法,动机和理解方面收到了非常积极的学生反.
- 在感知路径理解,调节理解和动机之间发现了统计学上显著的相关性.
- 在动机和积极的游戏体验之间观察到积极的联系.
结论:
- E!Canasta展示了学习ATP合成和代谢途径的重大教育潜力.
- 该游戏为复杂的生物化学概念提供了传统教学方法的愉快而有效的替代方案.
- 基于游戏的学习可以有效地提高学生的参与度和对生物化学的理解.
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