Review for:Muscle Contraction

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posted: on February 12, 2008 at 11:56AM

My rating of this resource: ****

My experience using this resource:
Sensory and Motor Mechanisms

Topic I was teaching:
Muscle contraction

My learning goal for which this resource was used:
My goal was for students to review the structure and function of skeletal muscle contraction.

Course Level:
A.P.

How I/my students used the resource:
After covering the material in class I had students use this resource at home to review what we had done in class.

Value Added:
Provides visualization or animation, Provides practice or tutorial, Provides additional content, Provides assessment opportunity, Increases student engagement and motivation

Strengths:
The activty has great infomation, animations, and assessment optertunities. There are points where students have to stop and demonstrate mastery before they are allowed to go on to the next section.

Weaknesses:
It takes a while to complete so I woudln't recomend it for class time.

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