Computer-Enhanced Instruction for Physiology Laboratories Using McIntosh Computers and MacLab Sensor/Transducer SignalInterfaces

该项目提供资金，将基于计算机的数据采集系统引入为生命和健康科学预科专业设计的生理学密集型实验室课程。该项目将Power Macintosh计算机连接到MacLab 2通道和4通道信号接口，用于数据采集、数据分析和报告撰写，并将其纳入六个实验室的实验方法结构设计中。四个教学实验室中的一个正在开发八个学生工作站。每个站包括一台连接到MacLab接口单元的Macintosh计算机，该接口单元接受并调节来自兼容的生理传感器和传感器的信号。计算机数据采集使学生能够更好地利用有限和宝贵的实验室时间来记录数据，对结果进行适当的统计分析，并撰写解释，因为他们发展了实验室技能，为他们将在高级生命科学或高级健康专业中遇到的分析和诊断应用做准备。

This project provides funds to introduce computer-based data acquisition systems into the physiology-intensive laboratory curricula designed for life and health science premajors. The project incorporates Power Macintosh computers connected to MacLab 2- and 4-channel signal interfaces for data collection, data analysis, and report writing into the structural design of the experimental methods of six laboratories. Eight student workstations are being developed in one of the four teaching laboratories. Each station includes a Macintosh computer connected to a MacLab interface unit that accepts and conditions signals from compatible physiological sensors and transducers. Computer acquisition of data permits students to make better use of limited and valuable laboratory time involved in recording data, conducting appropriate statistical analysis of results, and writing interpretations as they develop their laboratory skills in preparation for the analytical and diagnostic applications they will encounter in their upper-division life science or advanced health specialties.