Student Authoring of Three-Dimensional Illustrations in Undergraduate Biochemistry

本提案的目标是通过让本科生创建和呈现详细的生物化学结构和过程的三维分子插图来提高他们的三维分子素养。这些插图被用作探究性项目的基础，旨在帮助学生在研究生院以及在生物技术、分子医学、法医学和高中教学等各种职业中理解分子结构并与之互动。为实现这一目标，在生物化学及其相关专业和理工科专业的两门生物化学课程中引入了运动学作者身份。学生准备和介绍课程中涉及的主题的运动学，并进行同行和讲师的评估。作为有效性评估的一部分，运动学部分包含在课程的每次考试中。在课程的同时，PREKIN（运动学创作）和MAGE（运动学查看）程序和文档正在软件作者的监督下开发，以进一步方便教师和学生在这个级别使用。根据结合软件和教学法开发的经验进行改进后，这些材料以电子方式和通过讲习班传播。本科生运动学著述框架的发展，可作为各种规模的生物化学课堂和学生作文中基于探究的分子结构学习的国家模式。

Chemistry (12)The goal of this proposal is to increase the three-dimensional molecular literacy of undergraduate students by having them create and present detailed three-dimensional molecular illustrations of biochemical structures and processes. These illustrations are used as the bases of inquiry-based projects designed to help prepare the students to understand and interact with molecular structures in graduate school as well as in careers as diverse as biotechnology, molecular medicine, forensics and high school teaching. To accomplish this goal, kinemage authorship is introduced into two biochemistry courses, one for majors in biochemistry and related fields, and one for science majors in other fields. Students prepare and present kinemages on topics covered in the classes, with both peer and instructor evaluation. As part of the assessment of effectiveness, a kinemage component is included in each examination in the courses. Concurrent with the curriculum efforts, the PREKIN (kinemage authoring) and MAGE (kinemage viewing) programs and documentation are being developed under the supervision of the software author to further facilitate ease of use by both teachers and students at this level. After refinement based on this experience of combined software and pedagogy development, the materials are disseminated electronically and via workshops. The development of a framework for undergraduate kinemage authorship serves as a national model for inquiry-based learning of molecular structure in biochemistry classes of all sizes and student compositions.