Hi Ravi,
Sorry that I messed up your name! Sloppy skimming on my part!
In answer to your question, the professor wants her students to essentially grade themselves by providing text feedback that they have to read and understand in order to figure out if they got the right answer.
Example:
Semiconservative replication:
- results in each new DNA molecule with one new and one old strand
- and conservative replication are both important in synthesis of DNA
- is more energy efficient than conservative replication
- does not require DNA polymerase
- does not require cellular energy
Feedback:
DNA replication involves several steps. First the DNA strands are separated. Each strand gets replicated by addition of complementary nucleoside triphosphates with help from DNA polymerases and with energy from hydrolysis of pyrophosphate from incoming nucleoside triphosphate. Nucleotides are always added to the 3’ end of each strand here the phosphate from the nucleoside, combines with OH on the DNA strand to form phosphodiester bond. This is termed semiconservative replication where each daughter DNA molecule has one old and one new DNA strand.
Janet