Computer-Aided Instruction in Biology

生物学计算机辅助教学

• 批准号: 8853279
• 负责人: James Bonner
• 金额: $ 9.84万
• 依托单位: Indiana University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1988
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1988-12-15 至 1991-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=8853279&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Aided; Instruction; Biology

This award provides funds to the Department of Biology at Indiana University, Bloomington to help introduce computer-aided instruction into their curriculum which should provide the physical setting required for an intellectual advance in their teaching. Three projects will be completed which are aimed at increasing the effectiveness of teaching biology to undergraduates. These three projects are aimed at three different levels: introductory courses for non-majors, intermediate level courses for majors, and advanced courses for majors. In the advanced courses for majors, computer-aided data acquisition and analysis will be introduced into the laboratory. The other two levels represent a significant departure from the standard methods for biology teaching. In the presentation of material any science course, one is constrained to describe the material in a sequential manner, first one topic, then the next. Textbooks are also constrained to this linear presentation. However, the material that is discussed is interrelated, such that earlier and later portions of the course, and indeed, of the curriculum, are interwoven. It is a major hurdle for students to grasp the connections; yet, it is these connections which help students gain a real understanding of the body of scientific knowledge. In order to help students see these connections, the biology department will introduce into their courses a computer lab, in which students will have access to a non-sequentially linked information base constructed in the hypertext environment of Hypercard for the Macintosh. Access to this system will provide students with the facility to explore the relationships of various lecture and laboratory topics, and there by illuminate the connections. It is believed that this will surmount one of the major difficulties in understanding biological material. The grantee institution is matching this NSF award with funds from non-Federal sources.

该奖项为印第安纳大学伯明顿分校生物系提供资金，帮助将计算机辅助教学引入其课程，为教学中的智力进步提供所需的物理环境。 将完成三个项目，旨在提高本科生生物学教学的有效性。 这三个项目分别针对三个不同层次：非专业入门课程、专业中级课程、专业高级课程。 在专业高级课程中，将计算机辅助数据采集与分析引入实验室。 其他两个级别与生物学教学的标准方法有很大不同。 在任何科学课程的材料呈现中，人们都必须按顺序描述材料，首先是一个主题，然后是下一个主题。 教科书也仅限于这种线性呈现。 然而，所讨论的材料是相互关联的，因此课程的前半部分和后半部分，实际上是课程的前半部分和后半部分是相互交织的。 这是学生掌握联系的主要障碍；然而，正是这些联系帮助学生真正理解科学知识体系。 为了帮助学生了解这些联系，生物系将在课程中引入一个计算机实验室，学生可以在其中访问在 Macintosh 的 Hypercard 超文本环境中构建的非顺序链接的信息库。 访问该系统将为学生提供探索各种讲座和实验室主题之间的关系的便利，并阐明其中的联系。 据信这将克服理解生物材料的主要困难之一。 受资助机构正在将该 NSF 奖项与非联邦来源的资金进行匹配。