IMPLEMENTATION OF PERSONAL RESPONSE SYSTEMS IN SUBJECTS OF THE DEGREES OF CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY

Abstract

Nowadays the teaching context is undergoing changes in the teaching-learning binomial that require a more active participation by the students for a better assimilation of knowledge, skills and competences. On the other hand, it is also necessary that the student knows how to apply this knowledge to practical cases, for which it is necessary to adapt the conventional methodologies so that custom work by students is encouraged. It is intended with this teaching innovation investigation to use Personal Response Systems (PRS) as a tool that allows to know in real time and in a simple way if the students are able to answer simple questions, with a marked applied character, to evaluate the degree of understanding of the subject. In this sense, the use of new technologies, specifically the mobile applications, seems to be a friendly environment for the students that will predispose them favorably to the development of this activity. Since it is also a question of facilitating the teaching initiation of the four young teachers who make up this proposal, they will be in charge of the design of this teaching material and its subsequent evaluation supervised by the tutors of the group. The introduction of PRS in a subject can imply a new approach with very positive connotations for both the students and the teachers. The teaching innovation work will be applied in the subjects Instrumental Analysis I, Bioanalytical Chemistry and Bioorganic Chemistry, of the degrees of Chemistry and Biochemistry.