Using Computer-Based Electronic Probes to Introduce Studentsto Research in Physiology

使用基于计算机的电子探针向学生介绍生理学研究

• 批准号: 9650963
• 负责人: John Brennan
• 金额: $ 2.66万
• 依托单位: Hamline University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-08-01 至 1998-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650963&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Using; Computer; Based; Electronic; Probes

This project introduces physiology students to investigative learning by engaging them in experimental projects that use computer-based instruments to solve problems that they pose about animal systems. In the introductory physiology and neurophysiology courses for majors, and in the introductory physiology course for nonmajors, students use an array of computer-interfaced transducers and electrodes to measure and analyze a variety of physiological processes, ranging from action potentials to brain waves. Consulting closely with the instructor, students in collaborative teams use computer-based guides to set up and work through the phases of a focused study in physiology. These include searching the literature on-line and in the lab library, posing questions, learning the rudiments of experimental design, logging hardware, reducing and depicting results in graphic formats, performing appropriate statistical tests, and developing reasoned conclusions in oral and written form. This laboratory project enables students to raise original questions about physiological systems and to acquire some of the problem-solving strategies and skills needed to answer them. As a result of these experiences, students not only gain a practical and intimate appreciation of the dynamics of physiological processes but also acquire computational skills for pursuing new problems they will encounter in other venues, such as honors projects, graduate studies, and professional employment.

该项目通过让生理学学生参与使用基于计算机的仪器来解决他们对动物系统提出的问题的实验项目，向他们介绍研究性学习。在专业的生理学和神经生理学入门课程中，以及在非专业的生理学入门课程中，学生使用计算机接口的传感器和电极阵列来测量和分析各种生理过程，从动作电位到脑电波。与教师密切协商，学生在协作团队使用基于计算机的指南来建立和通过在生理学的重点研究阶段的工作。这些包括在线搜索文献和实验室图书馆，提出问题，学习实验设计的基础知识，记录硬件，以图形格式减少和描述结果，进行适当的统计测试，并以口头和书面形式得出合理的结论。这个实验室项目使学生能够提出有关生理系统的原始问题，并获得一些解决问题所需的策略和技能。作为这些经验的结果，学生不仅获得了生理过程的动态的实际和亲密的赞赏，但也获得了追求新的问题，他们将在其他场所，如荣誉项目，研究生学习和专业就业的计算技能。