Abstract:Background
Literature reviews are common assessment tasks designed to encourage engagement with current research literature, however these frequently fail to excite students. In 2017, we devised an alternate assessment with nuanced features for a newly created 3rd year advanced physiology subject (HBS3AHP; N=109 students) at La Trobe University. We established a fictional review journal, with teachers taking on roles of journal editors. Student teams engaged in deep critical analysis of two related recent rese… Show more
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