Students' misconception about energy-yielding metabolism: glucose as the sole metabolic fuel

Students' misconception about energy-yielding metabolism: glucose as the sole metabolic fuel

Oliveira et al assessed college students' knowledge of the integration of human metabolism, using questionnaires. The students had misconceptions regarding the role of glucose. The researchers found that the students failed to establish a correlation between ordinary daily experience and the fo...

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Veröffentlicht in:Advances in physiology education 2003-12, Vol.27 (1-4), p.97-101
Hauptverfasser: Oliveira, Gabriel A, Sousa, Cristiane R, Da Poian, Andrea T, Luz, Maurício R M P
Format: Artikel
Sprache:eng
Schlagworte:
Adolescent
Biology - education
Brazil
College students
Curricula
Educational Measurement
Energy Metabolism
Glucose
Glucose - metabolism
Humans
Metabolism
Students
Universities
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Zusammenfassung:Oliveira et al assessed college students' knowledge of the integration of human metabolism, using questionnaires. The students had misconceptions regarding the role of glucose. The researchers found that the students failed to establish a correlation between ordinary daily experience and the formal study of metabolism.
ISSN:1043-4046
1522-1229
DOI:10.1152/advan.00009.2003