Figure facts: encouraging undergraduates to take a data-centered approach to reading primary literature.
Figure facts: encouraging undergraduates to take a data-centered approach to reading primary literature.
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DOI：
10.1187/cbe.11-07-0057
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2013
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通讯作者：
Campbell AM
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作者：
Round JE;Campbell AM
图事实是一种多功能的教学工具，旨在帮助大学生处理原始文献中的复杂数据图。解释实验数据的能力对于理解和参与科学发现的过程至关重要。对于生物学本科生来说，阅读初级研究文章可能是一种令人沮丧的经历，因为他们几乎没有解释数据的经验。为了提高他们的数据解释技能，学生们使用了一个名为“图形事实”的模板来帮助他们完成高级细胞神经科学课程中基于文献的初级阅读作业。图事实模板鼓励学生采用以数据为中心的方法，而不是基于文本的方法来理解研究文章。具体来说，“图形事实”要求学生关注每个图形中呈现的实验数据，并确定可以从这些结果中得出的具体结论。使用“图形事实”一个学期的学生增加了检查初级研究文章中的图形的时间，并且定期接触初级文献与提高学生在数据解释技能测试中的表现有关。学生们表示，与解释数据图表相关的挫败感减少了，并且他们对图表事实模板的看法非常积极。在本文中，我们提出了图事实供其他人采用和改编，并反思了其在改善本科科学教育方面的实施和有效性。
Figure Facts is a versatile instructional tool designed to help college students tackle complex data figures in the primary literature. The ability to interpret experimental data is essential to understanding and participating in the process of scientific discovery. Reading primary research articles can be a frustrating experience for undergraduate biology students because they have very little experience interpreting data. To enhance their data interpretation skills, students used a template called “Figure Facts” to assist them with primary literature–based reading assignments in an advanced cellular neuroscience course. The Figure Facts template encourages students to adopt a data-centric approach, rather than a text-based approach, to understand research articles. Specifically, Figure Facts requires students to focus on the experimental data presented in each figure and identify specific conclusions that may be drawn from those results. Students who used Figure Facts for one semester increased the amount of time they spent examining figures in a primary research article, and regular exposure to primary literature was associated with improved student performance on a data interpretation skills test. Students reported decreased frustration associated with interpreting data figures, and their opinions of the Figure Facts template were overwhelmingly positive. In this paper, we present Figure Facts for others to adopt and adapt, with reflection on its implementation and effectiveness in improving undergraduate science education.
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