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The Respiratory System: Alveolar Gas Exchange

Reviewed:

Mar 13, 2017 by Biology
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Ratings

Overall Rating: 4.0 stars
Content Quality: 4.2 stars
Effectiveness: 4.0 stars
Ease of Use: 4.0 stars
Overview:

This article focuses on gas exchange between the atmosphere and the alveolar reservoir. It is designed to help faculty relate to students' pre-existing models of understanding of respiratory physiology, and ideas about how to clarify these models. Designed to provide students with a thinking tools for examining their understanding of respiratory physiology. This is a conference presentation that was reproduced as a journal article.

Type of Material:

Reference Material; journal article
Recommended Uses:

Faculty could read this prior to teaching a unit on the respiratory system. Students can used as a self-paced tool.
Technical Requirements:

Compatible with Windows or Windows Emulator. A PDF reader
Identify Major Learning Goals:

This article reminds faculty that students may have erroneous conceptions about how the respiratory system works and provides faculty with a framework to identify and discuss these errors. The audience should be able to help their students learn respiratory physiology.
Target Student Population:

High school or college instructors (faculty) of physiology.
Prerequisite Knowledge or Skills:

A firm understanding of respiratory physiology

Content Quality

Rating:
Strengths:

  • Clear and concise.
  • It is well referenced and gives examples.
  • Provides an insightful analysis of student misconceptions and how instructors can identify them.
Concerns:

  • The article is a bit unfocused; I'd like to see more examples of how to correct misconceptions (e.g. what model(s) should we offer to replace the sponge idea?).
  • It is not flexible.

Potential Effectiveness as a Teaching Tool

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The article builds on instructors' experience teaching students who are struggling with respiratory physiology.
  • Identifies the objective efficiently.
Concerns:

  • As a reference material for faculty, this article does not have specific learning objectives and does not integrate into course assignments, etc.
  • Assumes a certain level of knowledge; it would only be useful as a reading assignment.

Ease of Use for Both Students and Faculty

Rating:
Strengths:

  • The article is freely available through the Advances in Physiology Education website, as well as numerous other locations on the web.
  • As a PDF, it is easily read and can be used with a screen reader, etc.
  • Easy to use.
Concerns:

  • Not an interactive journal article.
  • Crude pictures.
Other Issues and Comments:

What you see is what you get. This is a journal article. It presents the author's ideas well enough but it is geared for the teacher or possibly science education students. There is no color. There is no animation.
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