Diana Bekerman

La Pareja Pedagógica en el Ámbito Universitario, un Aporte a la Didáctica Colaborativa

The aim of this study was to implement the teaching couple method for the Organic Chemistry II course at the University of Buenos Aires-Argentina as an experience in university teaching. To do this, strategies used at other educational levels, in particular, preserving the learning styles of the instructors involved, were adapted. A Web site fully dedicated to the teaching group including all teaching material was specially designed. All people involved, instructors and students, showed high degree of satisfaction with this new teaching strategy, so the method should be continued and implemented in other university courses.

Synthesis and Physicochemical Study of a Quinoxaline Derivative with Potencial Antineoplasic or Anti-HIV Activity

Kinetics of the synthesis of 3-[3-quinoxaline(1H)-one]propionic acid (I) were performed. This compound was achieved from reaction between o-phenylenediamine and α-ketoglutaric acid under different experimental conditions, and it was sent to the National Cancer Institute (USA) for its pharmacological evaluation.