Developing Non-Traditional Students' Understanding of Physiological Function Through Experiments and Physical and Computer-Based Models

9451852柠檬传统的a&p课程所提供的与许多非传统学生所需要的之间存在着明显的不匹配。因此，这些学生不是在学习系统是如何运作的，而是在记忆关于系统的许多事实。我们建议创新实验室首先在广泛的组织主题背景下呈现功能，然后引入解剖学和生理学细节来解释功能。我们开始动手调查使用物理模型，然后进展到计算机模拟，解剖相关性和实验。这颠覆了传统的学习顺序，帮助学生从具体的经验转向对动态生理过程的正式思考。这些新实验室的核心是基于Macintosh Quadra 660AV的多用途实验室工作站，配有CD-ROM，运行LabView和多媒体软件，并连接到虚拟科学家接口，该接口可以处理来自各种传感器的信号并控制实验和模型。该提案是对CCD项目的补充，该项目名为“培养非传统学生的批判性思维和对内容的掌握：一种全面的、技术增强的方法”。这将使我们能够为实验室配备必要的设备，以实施我们正在开发的新的体育课程。

9451852 Lemons A significant mismatch exists between what traditional A&P courses offer and what many non-traditional students need. As a result, these students are not learning how systems function, but are memorizing many facts about them. We propose innovative laboratories which present function first in the context of a broad organizing theme, and then introduce anatomical and physiological details to explain the function. We begin with hands-on investigations using physical models and then progress to computer simulation, anatomical correlations and experiments. This reverses the traditional order of learning, helping students move from concrete experiences to formal thinking about dynamic physiological processes. The centerpiece of these new laboratories are Multi-purpose Laboratory Workstations based on the Macintosh Quadra 660AV with CD-ROM, running LabView and multi-media software, and connected to the Virtual Scientist interface which conditions signals from a variety of transducers and controls experiments and models. This proposal is complementary to a CCD project entitled, "Developing critical thinking and content mastery in non-traditional students: a comprehensive, technologically enhanced approach." It will allow us to outfit the laboratories with equipment necessary to implement the new A&P curriculum we are developing.