But to give a taste of what one might be like, we assembled a few students for a seminar-style discussion.

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Senegar-Mitchell has her own style of teaching bioscience to her students.

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While my years as a debate coach taught me that collaborative learning often enables slow or recalcitrant learners to hide behind the drive and discipline of top achievers in a group, it also elicits a need to succeed in students whose learning style requires more hands-on experiences.

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In this vein, one of the final events is a team competition, Iron Chef-style, pairing students with guest chefs.

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There will also be social networking-style communities for students.

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