The rationale was that this approach should facilitate students actually learning the information and gaining practice applying it to real-life situations, rather than simply memorizing it.
However, despite the occurrence since ancient times, the topic gained practice importance in the International Agenda only after the international repercussion of September 11th.
Euclid's Elements is indeed set out in 'synthetic' form, but it is unfair to suggest that someone who worked through the text would not gain practice in analysis, although admittedly there are no rules of analysis explicitly articulated.
Overall, this change to the laboratory sessions was very successful, leading to increased student engagement and enthusiasm, while also giving students the opportunity to gain practice with the scientific method and realize the importance of critical thinking (Table 6).
And, most importantly, they were gaining practice in organizing and expressing their physiology-based reasoning.
By presenting their research results to their peers, the students gained practice in oral and poster communication formats.
Students also prioritized gaining practice experience over EBP and seemed to consider EBP as a non-clinical activity.
In addition, they prioritized gaining practice experience over applying EBP, considering these activities as separate, rather than directly complementary.
The simultaneous act of mentoring and being mentored contributes to the opportunities that students have to gain practice and confidence in their abilities as scientists.
Students also gain practice in giving more formal presentations, as each team must present on the ecology, life history, and "social relevance" of the research organism(s) we will be using in their research projects.
