A Novel Practical Session to Teach Concepts of Allometric Scaling of Brain Structures to Undergraduate Students Using Vertebrate Brains
Christopher Cammies, Kelly Cavaciuti, Stephen H. Montgomery · 2025
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Description
Cammies, Cavaciuti, and Montgomery build a hands-on class to teach brain size scale rules. Scale rules sit at the core of how brain form shifts by kind. Yet the rules prove hard for class youth to grasp cold. They force a merge of growth thought with math ties. Part-wise scale shifts through deep time add more load still. Few lab tasks let youth probe the rules in brain terms.
Their task pairs sheep and pig brain cuts with plain dye steps. Free scan tools let youth view and weigh part shares in shots. Youth can trace scale ties in one kind and cross kinds. Test scores on scale asks rose sharp past the lab meet. That rise hit a firm mark by test norms in class. Most youth, 93 percent, urged the class stay on.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | Christopher Cammies, Kelly Cavaciuti, Stephen H. Montgomery |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2025 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 31 KB |
| VERSION | 1.0 |
| LICENSE | CC BY 4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |