TABLE 3.
Knowledge elements activated by the metabolic compounds with the number of biology and biochemistry participants who focused their attention on particular metabolic compounds during problem solving
| Knowledge element, i.e., students focused their attention on the… | Biology participants | Biochemistry participants |
|---|---|---|
| Distal reactant: thiamine phosphate | 3 | 7 |
| Proximal reactant: fatty acyl thioester | 5 | 9 |
| Regulatory compound: IV-CoA | 15 | 22 |
| End product: DMA-CoA | 16 | 21 |
| End product: IB-CoA | 17 | 22 |