Selective use of the primary literature transforms the classroom into a virtual laboratory
Selective use of the primary literature transforms the classroom into a virtual laboratory
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DOI：
10.1534/genetics.107.071183
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发表时间：
2007-07-01
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影响因子：
3.3
通讯作者：
Nehm, Ross H.
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作者：
Hoskins, Sally G.;Stevens, Leslie M.;Nehm, Ross H.
CREATE（思考，疯狂，阐明假设，分析和解释数据，并思考下一个实验）是一种通过原始文献来教授科学和科学本质的新方法。 CREATE 使用新颖的教学工具的独特组合来指导本科生分析期刊文章，通过关注来自同一实验室的四篇文章的模块来强调科学思想的演变。当学生破译数据、解释研究结果、提出和捍卫进一步的实验以测试他们自己对所研究系统的假设时，他们会变得流利地掌握数据分析的通用语言。在课程结束时，学生通过阅读作者对 CREATE 学生生成的电子邮件调查问卷的回复，深入了解文章作者的个人经历。评估数据表明，CREATE 学生获得了阅读和批判性分析科学数据的能力，以及对研究和研究人员的理解和兴趣。 CREATE 方法揭开了阅读科学文章的过程的神秘面纱，同时使科学家变得人性化。学生对这种方法的积极反应表明，它可以为保留本科生选择科学专业做出重大贡献。
CREATE (consider, mad, elucidate hypotheses, analyze and interpret the data, and think of the next experiment) is a new method for teaching science and the nature of science through primary literature. CREATE uses a unique combination of novel pedagogical tools to guide undergraduates through analysis of journal articles, highlighting the evolution of scientific ideas by focusing on a module of four articles from the same laboratory. Students become fluent in the universal language of data analysis as they decipher the figures, interpret the findings, and propose and defend further experiments to test their own hypotheses about the system under study. At the end of the course students gain insight into the individual experiences of article authors by reading authors' responses to an e-mail questionnaire generated by CREATE students. Assessment data indicate that CREATE students gain in ability to read and critically analyze scientific data, as well as in their understanding of, and interest in, research and researchers. The CREATE approach demystifies the process of reading a scientific article and at the same time humanizes scientists. The positive response of students to this method suggests that it could make a significant contribution to retaining undergraduates as science majors.