Developing Critical Thinking & Content Mastery in Non-Traditional Students: A Comprehensive, Technologically Enhanced Approach

培养批判性思维

• 批准号: 9354477
• 负责人: Daniel Lemons
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-01-01 至 1997-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9354477&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Developing; Critical; Thinking; & Content

9354477 Lemons A significant mismatch exists between what traditional Anatomy and Physiology (A&P) courses offer and what many non-traditional students need. As a result these students are not learning how living human systems function, but rather are memorizing many often disconnected facts about them. We propose a new, innovative curriculum which: 1) presents function first, in the context of a broad organizing theme, and then introduces anatomical and physiological details to explain the function, 2) reverses the order of the traditional teaching process by beginning with hands-on exploration with physical models, and then progressing to higher level thinking, 3) places the highest priority on critical thinking about physiological systems so students learn to solve problems, 4) uses computer technology as a tool to support all stages of learning, not as the focus of it, 5) provides structured out-of-class support and 6) uses assessment as an integral part of the learning process, not just an endpoint. To demonstrate this new approach, we present in detail our modified learning cycle method for the unit on the heart. When this new curriculum is completed, we plan to: 1) Facilitate its implementation, a) in other CCNY courses, b) at the three community colleges whose faculty are involved in the project and c) at three local high schools. 2) Disseminate widely the learning cycle exercises and the student assessment plan. 3) Publish about, and present the project at the national level. Nothing could be more important from our perspective, than to introduce competent, critical thinkers into the science pipeline from our courses, and we expect the new A&P sequence to be a model curriculum for doing this. We also expect to see significant improvement in the critical thinking ability and A&P content mastery of women and minorities who makeup the overwhelming majority of our student. ***

9354477柠檬传统解剖学与生理学(A&P)课程提供的课程与许多非传统学生的需求之间存在着严重的不匹配。因此，这些学生不是在学习活着的人类系统是如何运作的，而是在记忆关于它们的许多经常是不相关的事实。我们提出了一种新的创新课程：1)在一个广泛的组织主题的背景下，首先展示功能，然后引入解剖学和生理学细节来解释功能；2)颠覆传统教学过程的顺序，从动手探索物理模型开始，然后发展到更高层次的思维；3)优先考虑对生理系统的批判性思维，以便学生学会解决问题；4)使用计算机技术作为支持学习的所有阶段的工具，而不是作为其重点；5)提供结构化的课外支持；6)将评估作为学习过程的一个组成部分，而不仅仅是一个终端。为了演示这一新方法，我们详细介绍了针对心脏单位的改进的学习周期方法。当这一新课程完成后，我们计划：1)促进它的实施，a)在CCNY的其他课程中，b)在参与该项目的三所社区学院，以及c)在三所当地高中。2)广泛散发学习循环练习和学生评估计划。3)在国家层面上发表和介绍该项目。从我们的角度来看，没有什么比从我们的课程中引入有能力的批判性思考者进入科学管道更重要的了，我们预计新的A&P序列将成为做到这一点的典范课程。我们还预计，占我们学生绝大多数的女性和少数族裔在批判性思维能力和A&A；P；内容掌握方面将有显著提高。***