Education
Core concept teaching strategies
The ASBMB, with support from the National Science Foundation, developed resources for teaching the core concepts of biochemistry and molecular biology, including course materials and assessment tools.
These concepts form the basis of the ASBMB's certification exam for undergraduate students in BMB programs.
Explore the teaching strategies
Foundational concepts
Concepts of energy and metabolism, structure and function, information storage and transfer, and scientific skills.
Threshold concepts
Concepts and skills that, when mastered, represent a transformed understanding of a discipline.
Assessment instruments and tools
Download lists of links to assessment instruments that can be used to measure student's engagement with the concepts.