Teaching Bioheat Transfer Based on “How People Learn” Methodology

This paper presents the organizational structure for teaching the bioheat transfer component of a biotransport course based on the How People Learn (HPL) pedagogical model. The presentation to students consists of a series of design challenges in a sequence that directs learning through the major components of bioheat transfer knowledge taxonomy. Students encounter various taxonomic subjects in either a primary learning context or in a secondary application in which adaptive expertise is developed. The primary and secondary intersections between the challenge and taxonomy vectors are displayed in a matrix format.