Interactive Learning in Thematically Integrated Freshman Chemistry and Biology

化学和生物这个项目扩展了一年级化学/生物综合课程的互动部分。该项目包括创建一个交互式计算机学习图书馆，将教育研究成果纳入其设计中。课程整合包括能量转换和动态平衡等主题，这些主题跨越和统一了科学。链接的材料将跨越几个级别的复杂程度，使不同的学生群体有机会以一种非线性的自我节奏的方式探索概念之间的关系。阅读讲义和HyperCard图书馆中的作业将推动基于讨论的课程。这将使学生有更多的时间发展成为独立学习者所必需的特定思维技能。有声思维配对问题解决方法(TAPPS)将被用来帮助学生对概念有质的熟悉，并鼓励他们审视自己构建问题解决方案的方法。

Chemistry and BiologyThis project expands the interactive component of an integrated freshman chemistry/biology curriculum. The project involves the creation of an interactive computer learning library that incorporates educational research findings into its design. Curriculum integration comprises themes such as energy transformation and dynamic equilibrium, which span and unify the sciences. Linked materials will span several levels of sophistication, allowing a diverse student population the opportunity to explore relationships among concepts in a nonlinear self-paced fashion. Reading assignments from handouts and the HyperCard library will drive discussion-based classes. This will allow more time to engage students in developing specific thinking skills necessary to become independent learners. The Thinking- Aloud Pair-Problem-Solving Method (TAPPS) will be used to help students gain qualitative familiarity with concepts and encourage them to examine their own approaches to constructing solutions to problems.