REU: Ecology as an Interactive Process: Research Problems and Strategies for the Undergraduate

生态系统研究所的本科生研究体验（IES-REU）项目将让8名学生沉浸在一个高度互动、以研究为导向的环境中。该计划将使学生接触到研究的整个背景，而不仅仅是特定学科的程序。该计划的理念有四个主题：(1)科学是一项社区活动；(2)解决科学问题的策略多种多样；(3)所有研究都有理论背景；(4)所有的研究都有社会背景。学生将与导师合作提出假设，选择方法并开发研究设计。项目方案将侧重于陆地和水生系统，并提供接触各种营养水平的机会。该项目旨在让学生之间、教育项目的工作人员、IES的其他科学家和学生以及来自学术和公共政策领域的访客和演讲者进行互动。通过这种方式，该项目的哲学主题将融入每个学生的经历中。该项目将以学生研究人员举行的为期一天的研讨会结束。此外，还将编写一份IES临时出版物，收录学生的期末报告。

The Institute of Ecosystem Studies' Research Experiences for Undergraduates (IES-REU) program will immerse eight students in a highly interactive, research-oriented environment. The program will expose students to the whole context of research, not just to the procedures of a particular discipline. The philosophy of the program has four themes: (1) science is a community activity; (2) a variety of strategies is available to attack scientific problems; (3) all research has a theoretical context; and (4) all research has a social context. The students will generate hypotheses, select methods and develop research designs in collaboration with a mentor. The project options will focus on both terrestrial and aquatic systems, and provide exposure to a variety of trophic levels. The program is designed so that students will interact with each other, the staff of the Education Program, other scientists and students at IES, and visitors and speakers from the academic and public policy arenas. In this way the philosophical themes of the program will be woven into each student's experience. The program will conclude with a day-long symposium given by the student researchers. An IES Occasional Publication will also be prepared incorporating the students' final reports.