Developing assessment systems on biochemical structures and processes

• Grant number: 12/00065-2
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research
• Start date: April 20, 2012
• End date: April 19, 2013
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
• Principal Investigator: Eduardo Galembeck
• Grantee: Eduardo Galembeck
• Host Investigator: Trevor Anderson
• Host Institution: Instituto de Biologia (IB). Universidade Estadual de Campinas (UNICAMP). Campinas , SP, Brazil
• Institution abroad: Purdue University, United States

Abstract

The growing amount of visual representations in Biochemistry, together with new avenues in modelling allowed by recent technologies, have great potential for Biochemistry education. Today, these representations are present in textbooks, scientific articles and general classes. The students reaction to this kind of information, however, is not trivial. In many cases, students are not used to symbols and other visual representations of biochemical structures and processes. The focus of this project is to apply the methodology developed by Schönborn and Anderson to implement a software component that allows the assessment and understanding of how students deal with real-time digital information related to proteins and metabolism. (AU)