A Biology Program to Develop Investigative Learning and Critical Thinking at a Small, Rural University

在小型农村大学培养调查性学习和批判性思维的生物学项目

• 批准号: 9451925
• 负责人: Frank Knight
• 金额: $ 2.16万
• 依托单位: University of the Ozarks
• 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: 1994-07-01 至 1996-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451925&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Biology; Program; Develop; Investigative; Learning

9451925 Knight The aim of this project is to foster critical thinking and improved scientific writing among rural undergraduate biology students. Development will be effected through a program of courses that encourage research and learning which is progressively more independent of faculty and more in collaboration with other students. Much basic equipment has been purchased for this project with private donations; however, an infrared gas analyzer, an analytical oxygen analyzer, a carbon dioxide sensor, and electrophoresis equipment are needed to expand the exposure of students to technical instrumentation and provide a wider range of opportunities for original student research in plant physiology, human and animal metabolism, and molecular and cellular biology. The project is significant because it is a departure from the traditional approach to teaching biology at this small university. The project is a comprehensive strategy affecting the style and content of most biology courses. This new biology program is expected to attract more students into biology at the University of the Ozarks and enhance the rate of alumni matriculating into graduate and professional schools.

这个项目的目的是培养农村生物本科学生的批判性思维和改进科学写作。发展将通过鼓励研究和学习的课程计划来实现，这些课程将逐渐独立于教师，更多地与其他学生合作。许多基本设备是由私人捐赠购买的；然而，需要红外气体分析仪、分析氧分析仪、二氧化碳传感器和电泳设备来扩大学生对技术仪器的接触，并为学生在植物生理学、人类和动物代谢、分子和细胞生物学方面的原创研究提供更广泛的机会。这个项目意义重大，因为它改变了这所小型大学传统的生物学教学方法。该项目是一个影响大多数生物课程风格和内容的综合策略。这个新的生物项目预计将吸引更多的学生在奥扎克大学学习生物，并提高校友进入研究生院和专业学院的比例。