Nine Super Strategies for Teaching the Skeleton | TAPP Radio 10

New Alexa skill for this podcast!
Free media from the National Science Foundation.
Tips for teaching the skeleton.

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(1:25) If you use an Alexa-enabled device, you can now enable "the a. p. professor podcast" Alexa skill to listen to any episode, navigate within episodes, and save your place for your next listening session. Just keep this in mind when you do eventually join this growing trend!

• Enable the Alexa skill (Kevin's instructions on how to enable and use the new skill for this podcast; include a video)
• Alexa skill (Amazon's page for this Alexa skill)
• Alexa-enabled devices (Amazon's devices that use Alexa skills; purchases made through this link help fund this podcast)

(4:41) A huge library of science photos, videos, audio, and other objects you can use in your course—from the National Science Foundation (NSF).

• NSF Multimedia Gallery
• Neuroplasticity (example of a video from the gallery)

(6:56) Learning the bones and bone markings of the skeleton can be an early, scary experience for A&P students. How can we prepare and support them to learn the skeleton effectively—and learn skills to help them in their continuing studies of human anatomy?

• Bone Names (Kevin's tip page for A&P students; located in the Lion Den website)
  • Short URL (to provide to students) is my-ap.us/bones
  • Provides a brief intro to bone naming and how that helps a student learn bones and markings
  • Provides 2 videos that walk students through the process of understanding bone names as a method of learning
  • Contains highlighted links to helpful lists
    • Lists are available as a docx or PDF "handouts" to use for study
    • Lists are also available as an interactive table on the web (can be sorted)
    • Access to lists requires a free registration in the Lion Den website
• Skeletal Posts (from Kevin's blog The A&P Student, includes all advice for students on studying the skeleton)

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Supporting Returning Learners | TAPP Radio 9

Peripersonal neurons monitor our environment.
Daily headlines for A&P teachers.
Supporting learners coming back to school.

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Life loves the liver of it (Maya Angelou)

 

(0:49) Several areas of the brain monitor your personal space—also called the peripersonal space (PPS). The peripersonal neurons each monitor one small "bubble" of our PPS.

• Michael Graziano explains Peripersonal Neurons (episode 142 from the Brain Science podcast)
• The Spaces Between Us: A Story of Neuroscience, Evolution, and Human Nature (Graziano's book)
• Peripersonal space in the brain (nice review article from the journal Neuropsychologia)
• Illusion makes people ‘feel’ force field around their body (article from New Scientist)

 

(11:57) A simple analogy can help students remember a recurring principle about cell behavior involving important ions.

• nuzzel.com/theAPprofessor (direct link)

 

(13:07) Returning learners in anatomy and physiology courses often come to use with some anxiety. How can we support them?

• Help significant others help YOU (a brief blog post for students; link to this from your course webpage, learning management system, and/or syllabus)
  • Use shortened link: my-ap.us/rgNZ27

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Running Concept Lists Help Students Make Connections | TAPP Radio 8

 

Neurogenesis in the adult brain.
Cells hate calcium (an analogy)
Your take on teaching A&P
Running concept lists to enhance deep learning.

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(1:00) A new paper revives the old dogma that adult brains cannot produce new neurons—but it's not  without controversy. What should we tell our students? 

• The Discovery of the Neuron
• Neurogenesis in the adult human hippocampus
• Human hippocampal neurogenesis drops sharply in children to undetectable levels in adults
• New Study Questions Confidence in Neurogenesis in the Adult Brain

 

(5:52) A simple analogy can help students remember a recurring principle about cell behavior involving important ions.

• Cells hate calcium! (article)

 

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(14:24) We all find it difficult to put all the facts and details together in our heads in a way that makes sense—that helps us connect ideas and gain insights. A simple technique of running concepts lists can provide a concrete template for this process. Used over time, running concept lists and also train the brain to make such connections easily.

• Concept Lists | An Easy Method to Enhance Deep Learning (resource page)

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Teaching for Long Term Learning | TAPP Radio 7

The temperature of mitochondria.
A podcast recommendation.
Revisiting the cumulative approach.

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(0:50) Mitochondria run about 10 °C hotter than the other components of the cell. 

• Hot mitochondria? (an article in PLOS Biology)

(2:20) Paul Gabrielsen of the University of Utah introduces his new serial podcast that tells the story of the discovery of remains of medical education cadavers buried on campus about a hundred years ago.

• Secrets of the Campus Cadavers (web page for the podcast)
  • iTunes listing
  • Stitcher listing

(6:26) A comment on Episode 4 by Margaret Thompson Reece sparks continued discussion of the value of (and practical suggestions for) a cumulative approach to teaching and learning. 

• Medical Science Navigator (Margaret Thompson Reece's website; share this link with your students!)
• Episode 4 | Cumulative Testing Makes Learning Last (where we first encounter the cumulative approach)
• Cumulative Testing Enhances Learning (Kevin's blog post summarizing cumulative testing, including links to other resources).
• Episode 3 | Testing as Teaching (emphasizes the role of tests as retrieval practice rather than summative assessment)
• HAPS Comprehensive Exam (find out more about this cumulative test from the Human Anatomy & Physiology Society)
• Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning (one of Kevin's favorite books on teaching, it further explains the value of cumulative testing)
• Episode 1 | Why Spaced Retrieval Practice is Your Most Powerful Teaching and Learning Tool (a prior episode covering a related topic)
• Start A&P 2 with a Final Exam (a blog post about Kevin's Test Zero mentioned in this episode)

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Host Kevin Patton briefly introduces a podcast for teachers of human anatomy and physiology. 

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