Student Independent Projects and Experimental Choices in a Structured Biochemistry Laboratory Course
Lance E. Jackman Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics Iowa State University Ames. IA 5001 1
The purpmr uf t his report is t u describe a suwessful merhtgd I'm reachlnr: :r hiwhemiirrs laboratory course. 'l'hii method involves ushg student independent projects and experimental choices. It has been used during thepast 2 years in an undergraduate biochemistry laboratory course for non-majors. This one quarter course is a highly structured series of laboratory exercises designed to give students a survey of some principles and research techniques of modern biochemistry. Thirty to fiftv students per auarter. meet for two 1-hr lectures and two 2-
