The BioQUEST Learning Tools Project

这个生物教育项目的目的是促进：1)开发促进通过现代生物学研究方法学习的课程材料；2)传播这些材料和以前由NSF资助的课程材料；3)在生物学家、科学教育工作者、软件开发人员和其他使用此方法的个人。教员们将在一个暑期研讨会上聚集在一起，以促进BioQUEST在生物学教与学中的开放式问题解决、长期研究方法的发展(“3P”方法：提出问题、解决问题和同行说服)。三分之二的受邀参与者将编写材料，以解决在生物学教学中实施BioQUEST方法以及在本科生物学教育中使用计算机工具和模拟的问题。另外三分之一的参与者主要将在内容领域发起新的项目，在这些领域，软件工具和计算机模拟将加强本科生物学教学。除了材料开发外，每个参与者都将在传播过程中发挥作用，要么在专业会议上发表演讲，要么在当地举办研讨会，要么撰写一篇文章提交给某家期刊。在这些项目中开发的材料最终可能成为不断增长的BioQUEST文库的一部分。这一努力在促进学生学习方面的有效性将在几个地点进行评估。

The purpose of this biology education project is to promote: 1)the development of curricular materials that facilitate learning via a modern biological research approach, 2) dissemination of these and previous NSF-supported curricular materials, and 3) the establishment and maintenance of a viable communication network among biologists, science educators, software developers and other individuals who share this approach. Faculty will come together at a summer workshop to promote the development of the BioQUEST's open-ended problem- solving, long-term research approach to the teaching and learning of biology(the "3P's" approach: problem-posing, probelm-solving, and peer persuasion). Two-thirds of the invited participants will develop materials with a view toward addressing implementation of the BioQUEST approach to teaching and learning biology and the use of computer tools and simulations in undergraduate biology education. The other one- third of the participants primarily will initiate new projects in content areas where software tools and computer simulations would enahnce undergraduate biology instruction. In addition to materials development, each participant will play a role in in the dissemination process by either giving a presentation at a professional meeting, conducting a local workshop, or writing an article for submission to a journal. Materials developed in these projects may ultimately become part of the growing BioQUEST library. The effectiveness of this effort in enhancing student learning will be evaluated at several sites.