Enlivening Genetics Education: Bridging the Gap Between Software & Curriculum

小行星9730307 “BioLogica”（TM）是一个Java平台，基于计算机的操作，使学生能够探索各种不同的遗传现象，通过直接观察和操作建立自己的知识。 作为GenScope的继任者，它允许高中生在虚拟环境中通过对真实的或想象的生物体中的曼陀林遗传学的观察和研究，在DNA、染色体、细胞、生物体、谱系和种群六个不同水平上进行真实的实验。 该项目开发了一种称为交互作用的脚本软件，将BioLogica引擎应用于不同的生物体。 这些互动可以定制为特定文本中的治疗，并提供与湿实验室和其他动手活动一致的替代学习。 该项目将软件与生物学课程结合起来，制作材料，使教师能够将软件引入实践，学生能够从使用互补的学习方法中获益。 教师可以使用脚本来开发自己的材料，或将其与经过验证的文本结合使用。 这些材料还为教师提供学生作业日志和嵌入式评估。 新教材是在教师的投入下编写的，并在学校进行了测试。 广泛的评估提供了关于学生学习的数据。

9730307 Bjork "BioLogica" (TM) is a Java-platform, computer-based manipulative that enables students to explore a variety of different genetic phenomena building their own knowledge through direct observation and manipulation. As the successor to GenScope, it allows high school and middle school students to conduct real experiments in a virtual environment through the observation and study of Mandolin genetics in real or imaginary organisms at six different levels: DNA, chromosome, cell, organism, pedigree, and population. This project develops scripted software called interactivities that applies the BioLogica engine to different organisms. These interactivities can be customized to treatments in specific texts and provide alternative learning consistent with wet labs and other hands-on activities. The project integrates software with biology curricula to produce materials that allow teachers to introduce the software into their practice and students to reap the benefits of using complementary ways to learn. Teachers can use the scripts to develop their own materials or use them in conjunction with proven texts. The materials also provide teachers logs of student work and embedded assessments. The new materials are developed with the input from teachers and tested in schools. An extensive evaluation provides data on student learning.