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This chapter contains a fictionalized story about my students and their work in a collaborative group in my biochemistry classroom. I express the emotions of my students and address their frustrations (and joys) of learning in our biochemistry course, which I taught through a social constructivist lens in which collaborative learning was central, with students sharing their constructions with each other.
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Gilmer, P. (2009). Writing a Story About Teaching University Science. In: Transforming University Biochemistry Teaching Using Collaborative Learning and Technology. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-4981-1_4
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