Computerized Equipment for Introductory Biology Courses

汉普郡学院，虽然是一个相对较新的机构， 在科学教学方面享有卓越的声誉。 理科专业和非理科专业的入门课程 注重探究方法，经常让学生参与 实验室里的独立项目。这些相对 为初学者设计的复杂的学生项目已经成为 汉普郡创新科学教育的标志。现代 研究实验室通常包括联网的计算机， 允许分布式数据的分析仪器 采集、分析和控制。让我们的学生 培养在最新的研究实验室工作所需的技能， 该部门建议更新和扩大我们的设备， 计算机数据采集部队会提供足够的 工作站，使入门课程的教学可行 并扩大我们对图表和统计分析的使用 软件，以鼓励学生获得更好的定量 skills.受影响的具体课程将是“人们如何移动”， 心血管健康与疾病“我们的目标是增加 我们的学生的定量和分析能力，通过 与现代计算机实验方法的直接接触， 设计与分析

Hampshire College, although a relatively new institution, has a reputation for excellence in the teaching of science. Introductory courses for both science majors and nonmajors focus on inquiry methods and often involve students in independent projects in the laboratory. These relatively sophisticated student projects for beginners have become the hallmark of Hampshire's innovative science education. Modern research laboratories often incorporate networked computers and analytical instruments which allow distributed data acquisition, analysis and control. To allow our students to develop skills needed for working in up-to-date research labs, the department proposes to update and expand our equipment for computerized data acquisition. The unit will provide enough work stations to make teaching of introductory courses feasible and expand our use of graphics and statistical analysis software to encourage students to acquire better quantitative skills. Specific courses affected will be "How People Move" and "Cardiovascular Fitness and Disease." Our goal is to increase the quantitative and analytical skills of our students through direct contact with modern computer-based experimental methods, design and analysis.