Dec 17, 2018
Kevin Patton responds to a question from Krista Rompolski about how often we should test our students. Updates on hair color genetics and how the somatosensory cortex is mapped. And what about those preview episodes?
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Hair color inheritance
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Sponsored by AAA
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Building body maps
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Preview episodes
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Sponsored by HAPS
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Featured: Test frequency in the A&P course
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Listener Krista Rompolski calls in and asks Kevin for his opinion on the best frequency of tests for the undergraduate A&P course.
Here are some previous episodes outlining Kevin's testing practices (and why he does it that way):
Here's the episode in which The Learning Scientists talk about the value of retrieval practice
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