Elnashar Magdy Mahmoud
School of Biomedical Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, Western Australia.
Center of Excellence, Department of Polymers, National Research Center, Cairo, Egypt.
Biochem Mol Biol Educ. 2018 Mar;46(2):121-129. doi: 10.1002/bmb.21103. Epub 2017 Dec 8.
In Australian Universities, based on a study from 1992 to 2014, the Feedback item has been consistently poorly rated by students. In addition, Biochemistry is a complex STEM subject which many students find difficult and was considered the hardest subject according to a recent study by Antigua medical school in the United States. In this work, a new and interactive teaching method, FastFeedback Questions (FFQs), has been devised. FFQs are a rapid formative feedback method that involves embedding carefully crafted focus questions alongside PowerPoint slides (outside the slide field). The PPT is then projected as usual, but not in slide show mode, so the areas outside the main slide window are visible to the students. Prior to the lecture students receive a version without the answers. During the face-to-face lecture, the lecturer goes through the answers in an interactive way by requesting that students answer the FFQs, which can be verified immediately from the PPT slide. The focus questions not only increase students' understanding of the slides, they also model good answers. FFQs were delivered to the students of third year clinical biochemistry at Curtin University. Number of students in this study, n = 311. The final exam marks support the use of FFQs as there is an overall improvement of the student average grade by ≈10% from ≈63% in 2010-2014 (no FFQs) to ≈72.6% in 2015-2017 (FFQs). FFQs have also gained the accolade of the students as their feedback was on average ≈97% compared to ≈80.5% for the Faculty and University. © 2017 by The International Union of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, 46(2):121-129, 2018.
在澳大利亚的大学中，根据一项1992年至2014年的研究，反馈项目一直被学生评为较差。此外，生物化学是一门复杂的STEM学科，许多学生觉得它很难，并且根据美国安提瓜医学院最近的一项研究，它被认为是最难的学科。在这项工作中，一种新的交互式教学方法——快速反馈问题（FFQs）被设计出来。FFQs是一种快速形成性反馈方法，它涉及在PowerPoint幻灯片旁边（幻灯片区域之外）嵌入精心设计的重点问题。然后像往常一样放映PPT，但不是在幻灯片放映模式下，这样学生就能看到主幻灯片窗口之外的区域。在讲座之前，学生会收到一个没有答案的版本。在面对面的讲座中，讲师通过要求学生回答FFQs以互动的方式讲解答案，这些答案可以立即从PPT幻灯片中得到验证。重点问题不仅能增强学生对幻灯片的理解，还能示范好的答案。FFQs被应用于科廷大学三年级临床生物化学专业的学生。本研究中的学生人数，n = 311。期末考试成绩支持FFQs的使用，因为学生的平均成绩总体提高了约10%，从2010 - 2014年（未使用FFQs）的约63%提高到2015 - 2017年（使用FFQs）的约72.6%。FFQs也获得了学生们的好评，他们的反馈平均约为97%，而学院和大学的反馈平均约为80.5%。© 2017年由国际生物化学与分子生物学联盟，46(2):121 - 129, 2018。
