Student Stewardship of Laboratory Learning: Implementing Inquiry-Based Imaging Investigations

生物科学(61)为了鼓励学生进行批判性思维并鼓励他们成为独立的调查科学家，生物系在整个课程中增加了用于调查工作和解释性数据分析的实验室时间。正在开发一系列特别侧重于数字数据收集的调查实验室，并在包括细胞生物学、生物生物学、组织学、生物学入门和生态学在内的一些生物学课程中加以实施。研究环境中常见的数据收集、照片记录和持续数据分析的长期过程正在适应缺乏经验的本科生的需要，并在整个生物课程中实施。已经购买了八个数字成像工作站，学生们正在使用它们来收集静态和运动图像，并促进复杂的数据分析。此外，学生使用这些工作站来创建和维护反映学生本科实验室经验的数字和印刷文件夹，并总结学生在各种课程中的经验之间的联系。该组合增强了学生对实验室体验的所有权，并增加了对一门课程到另一门课程的材料的保留。高级投资组合由一个委员会进行评估，每年选出五个投资组合在万维网上发布。除了为生物专业的学生服务外，该项目还通过研讨会为职前教师和在职教师提供服务，这些研讨会模拟了探究式教学，提高了教师在显微镜和图像捕获方面的技能，并将技术应用于教育。与美洲原住民K-12学生、在职教师和职前教师的伙伴关系以开发土著动植物物种图画实地指南为中心，从而展示在教育中使用技术。

Biological Sciences (61) In an effort to engage students in critical thinking and to encourage them to act as independent investigative scientists, the department of biology has increased the amount of laboratory time devoted to investigative work and interpretive data analysis across the curriculum. A series of investigative labs with a particular focus on digital data collection are being developed and implemented in a number of biology courses including cell biology, organismal biology, histology, introductory biology and ecology. The long-term process of data collection, photodocumentation and on-going data analysis common to the research environment is being adapted to the needs of inexperienced undergraduates and implemented across the biology curriculum. Eight digital imaging workstations have been purchased and are being utilized by students to collect static and moving images and to facilitate complex data analysis. In addition, students use these workstations to create and maintain digital and print portfolios which reflect the student's undergraduate laboratory experiences and summarize connections between the student's experiences in a variety of courses. The portfolio enhances student ownership of the laboratory experience and increases retention of material from one course to the next. Senior portfolios are evaluated by a committee and five portfolios are selected each year for posting on the World Wide Web. In addition to serving biology majors, this project serves pre-service teachers and in-service teachers through workshops that model inquiry-based instruction, enhance faculty skill in microscopy and image capturing, and integrate the use of technology in education. Partnerships with Native American K-12 students, in-service teachers, and pre-service teachers are centered around the development of pictorial field guides of indigenous plant and animal species thus demonstrating the use of technology in education.