TABLE 2.
Student evaluation of learning objectives.
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| “The first small group activity focused on using sequence information and bioinformatics to determine the function of a protein and to look for it in other bacteria. How well did the activity help you meet each goal (listed below)?” | ||||
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| Learning Objective | very wella | OK | poorly | not at all |
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| 2. Determine the predicted function of a protein sequence using BLAST | 49% | 47% | 4% | 0% |
| 3. Evaluate sequence similarity based on BLAST outputs: E-values, % query cover, and % max identity | 36% | 51% | 12% | 1% |
| 4. Determine if a gene product is present in a specific organism using BLAST | 47% | 47% | 5% | 1% |
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n = 165 students in the General Microbiology Lecture who responded to the survey.