Improving Access, Success and Teaching Performance in Molecular Biology

提高分子生物学的获取、成功和教学绩效

• 批准号: 9156253
• 负责人: Herbert Posner
• 金额: $ 16万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Binghamton
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1992
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1992-07-15 至 1995-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9156253&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Improving; Access; Success; Teaching; Performance

There is a national need to produce capable molecular biologists as basic researchers, teachers and biotechnologists. More undergraduates--especially minorities--must be suitably educated and encouraged to continue as biology majors and to enroll in advanced courses in molecular biology. To help accomplish these goals, we propose a number of approaches designed to increase academic success and interest in freshman molecular biology; to encourage student entry into the teaching profession; and to enhance the effectiveness of teaching assistants at SUNY-Binghamton as well as teachers from secondary schools and other colleges. To address these needs, the freshman Cell and Molecular Biology courses is being reorganized and restructured to use historical and empirical approaches, to introduce cooperative learning and computer- constructed concept mapping, and to have laboratory classes that include more independent, student directed experiments. A training workshop and training manual focused on constructivist learning theory and practice is being developed for teaching assistants. The effectiveness of the entire effort is being assessed with the help of an independent evaluator.

国家需要生产出有能力的分子 生物学家作为基础研究人员、教师和生物技术专家。 更多的本科生--特别是少数民族--必须适当地 教育和鼓励继续作为生物学专业， 参加分子生物学的高级课程。 帮助 为了实现这些目标，我们提出了一些方法 旨在提高新生的学术成功和兴趣 分子生物学;鼓励学生进入教学; 专业;并提高教学效率 纽约州立大学宾厄姆顿分校的助教以及来自 中学和其他大学。 为了满足这些需求， 新生的细胞和分子生物学课程 重新组织和调整，以使用历史和经验 方法，引入合作学习和计算机- 构建概念图，并有实验室类 包括更多独立的、由学生指导的实验。 培训讲习班和培训手册的重点是 建构主义学习理论和实践正在发展 教学助理。 整体的有效性 在一个独立的专家的帮助下， 评估员。