For teaching strategies to be included on this list, they had to: 1  Be supported by hard research, instead of anecdotal case studies or untested theories. 2  Have a substantially higher effect on student results than other teaching strategies. 3  Be able to be used on a wide range of subjects and in every year level.
Prothrombin. Prothrombin is a blood-clotting protein. Injury to a blood vessel produces a signal which triggers the conversion of prothrombin to thrombin. Thrombin is a protein which plays a central role in provoking the assembly of other proteins to form the blood clot.rothrombin consumption test a test to measure the formation of intrinsic thromboplastin by determining the residual serum prothrombin after blood clotting is complete.
Prothrombin time is an important test because it checks to see if five different blood clotting factors (factors I, II, V, VII, and X) are present. The prothrombin time is made longer by: 1  Blood-thinning medicine, such as warfarin. 2  Low levels of blood clotting factors.