Active learning environments in the Biochemistry Education: implications for motivation, learning strategies, expectations, performance and students' evaluations of effectiveness of teaching

• Grant number: 13/25868-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
• Start date: March 01, 2014
• End date: January 31, 2016
• Field of knowledge: Biological Sciences - Biochemistry
• Principal Investigator: Bayardo Baptista Torres
• Grantee: Camila Aparecida Tolentino Cicuto
• Host Institution: Instituto de Química (IQ). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil

Abstract

Active learning environments contribute to the involvement of students in the teaching process. This approach gives the students the main responsibility for their own learning. The Biochemistry: Structure and Metabolism of Biomolecules course aims to promote the meaningful learning through an active learning environment. For this, two main strategies are used: study period (SP) and group discussion (GD): The goal of this project is to analyze how the active learning environment provided in this course interferes in the motivation, learning strategies, expectations, performance and students' evaluations of effectiveness of teaching. A pilot study about the influences of this active learning environment in the motivation and learning strategies was presented in this project. This study showed that more than 68% of the students presented high motivation (clusters I, II and IV), however the use of different learning strategies was observed only about 30% (cluster I). The results of this pilot study are promising and more detailed understanding of the effects of this active learning environment contributes to the development of research about teaching practices that allow students to realize their responsibility to lifelong learning and continuing professional development.

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

TOLENTINO CICUTO, CAMILA APARECIDA; TORRES, BAYARDO BAPTISTA. Implementing an Active Learning Environment To Influence Students' Motivation in Biochemistry. Journal of Chemical Education, v. 93, n. 6, p. 1020-1026, JUN 2016. (13/25868-3)

PAULO ROGÉRIO MIRANDA CORREIA; CAMILA APARECIDA TOLENTINO CICUTO; BIANCA DAZZANI. Análise de vizinhança de mapas conceituais a partir do uso de múltiplos conceitos obrigatórios. Ciência e Educação, v. 20, n. 1, p. 133-146, 2014-03-00. (12/22693-5, 13/25868-3)

CAMILA APARECIDA TOLENTINO CICUTO; BAYARDO BAPTISTA TORRES. Influência da frequência e participação no desempenho em um ambiente de aprendizagem centrado no aluno. Química Nova, v. 43, n. 2, p. 239-248, 2020-05-18. (13/25868-3)

Academic Publications

(References retrieved automatically from State of São Paulo Research Institutions)

CICUTO, Camila Aparecida Tolentino. Analysis of a student-centered learning environment to teach Biochemistry. 2016. Doctoral Thesis - Universidade de São Paulo (USP). Instituto de Física (IF/SBI) São Paulo.