Kevin discusses recent news that a new human organ has been discovered. Systematic debriefing by students after each test can boost their learning. Kevin explains a tool he uses to help students learn how to analyze their tests effectively.

Has a new organ been discovered? (4 min) Students benefit from debriefing after each test. (18.5 min)

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Interstitium. Illustration by Jill Gregory. Printed with permission from Mount Sinai Health System, licensed under CC-BY-ND.

 

(0:46) Has a new human organ discovered? Or is this news mostly hype? Or is the answer somewhere in the middle?

• Structure and Distribution of an Unrecognized Interstitium in Human Tissues (original research report)
• Newly-discovered human organ may help explain how cancer spreads (article about the original report)
• That “New Organ” Everyone Is Freaking Out About Is Probably Not New (article outlining criticism of the original report)
• Is the Interstitium Really a New Organ? (another article interprets the original report)
• Is This Tissue a New Organ? Maybe. A Conduit for Cancer? It Seems Likely. (yet another opinioon)
• The Human Organ Discovered in 2018 (and we have another opinion)

(4:56) Testing can be a powerful learning strategy. Debriefing in a systematic way after each test can leverage the learning value of tests and boost learning even more.

• Test Analysis (Lion Den web page for students)
• Student Success Increases When They Debrief After Tests (blog post for professors)
• Test Analysis Form (worksheet download; Lion Den downloads page; or use short URL: lionden.com/downloads.htm)
• Learn From Your Mistakes! (blog post for students; includes video showing how to use form)

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