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Learning and Assessment in a Computer Based Human Physiology Project at
Junior Honours Level
F. Bowser-Riley, P.G. Newman & M.A. Radcliffe
Department of Biomedical Sciences, Marischal College, University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen AB9 1AS

The human physiology project is a student led, team-based practical project
that incorporates a wide range of enterprise skills.  Since these skills
are discipline independent, the actual nature of the project would be
determined by local resources and requirements. No special developments
are required, since maximal use is made of software packages and equipment
that are readily available and commonly used in industry, science and
commerce.  The essence of the project is to allow students to work in an
environment resembling that of an operational research laboratory, and thus
to develop their understanding of the discipline by formulating and testing
hypotheses. To this end it is important to select problems that are not
over-prescriptive, but which permit reasonable conclusions to be reached in
the time available.  In our view, it is important that the development of
computing and other technological  skills is seen in perspective: it is not
a means in itself, but a means to an end.

The contents of the Learning Pack for this course are summarised in the
summary.wpf file and the total set of files are zipped into one file
py3002.zip. You will find it convenient to create a directory called PY3002,
copy the PY3002.zip into it and unzip it. Please free to modify them to suit
your own circumstances. To give you some idea of the kind of data that the
undergraduates are able to manipulate successfully in spreadsheet format see
the 3pysampl.wk4 file.