Verificação do conteúdo de disciplinas de bioquímica por análise e classificação de questões de provas / Verification of biochemistry contents on introductory courses through analysis and classification of exams questions

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2010

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Educators in the most diverse fields face a common problem of managing the increasing amount of information with the same or even lower level of class hours in their courses. As a consequence, educators have to cover selected topics, which selection is entirely up to the teacher in most education institutions. In order to establish new teaching methodology while maintaining teaching quality, educators need first to select the most essential topics. Assuming that questions from biochemistry program tests reflect the topics considered most relevant by the faculty, questions from different courses offered by the Biochemistry Department of Universidade de São Paulo (USP) were analyzed with the purpose of determining (1) the extent and depth of the common topics of the basics biochemistry programs and (2) the existence of specific recurring topics for different careers. The adopted methodology seeked to identify the most recurring topics in tests questions and to classify the demanded cognitive level according to Blooms Taxonomy. The research identified Protein Structure and Metabolism Regulation as the most recurring topic, and indicates a strong predominance of low cognitive levels (Knowledge and Comprehension), with little presence of high cognitive levels (from Application to Evaluation). This study intended to outline the topics considered relevant by the faculty providing results that are required to focus the academic discussion for creating core curricula for biochemistry courses

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análise de conteúdos análise de provas biochemistry basic contents bloom´s taxonomy conceitos básicos de bioquímica content analysis exams analysis taxonomia de bloom

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