Development of a Project-Oriented Neuroscience Laboratory

项目导向的神经科学实验室的发展

• 批准号: 0126692
• 负责人: Leah Chase
• 金额: $ 2.78万
• 依托单位: Hope College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2002
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2002-04-01 至 2005-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0126692&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Development; Project; Oriented; Neuroscience; Laboratory

Biological Sciences (61)One of the greatest challenges in the development of scientific curricula is to develop courses that teach students important scientific concepts while fostering critical thinking and hypothesis testing skills. The faculty and administration of the Natural Science Division at Hope College believe that "science is best learned by doing". With the recent commitment by the college to establish a neuroscience program, our objective is to develop a research-oriented neuroscience laboratory that will facilitate student understanding of neuroscience concepts and support the divisional emphasis of nurturing critical thinking skills. This new laboratory will continue to build on students' prior investigative laboratory experience, wherein students are first trained in a scientific technique (using structured lab exercises) and then use that technique to complete a long-term project based on their own hypothesis and experimental design. We are adapting the structured labs from two complimentary neuroscience lab programs currently being used at other undergraduate institutions: 1) The Crawdad Program, which is currently being used by institutions such as Cornell University and Williams College, introduces students to modern neurophysiology techniques including electrophysiology. 2) A Laboratory Manual of Leaning and Memory Experiments currently being used at Wesleyan College and Kent State University, presents students with experimental techniques used at the organismal level to study behavior and learning. The resources used in this neuroscience lab are also be utilized by students in the advanced physiology and introductory biology courses.

生物科学（61）科学课程开发的最大挑战之一是开发课程，教授学生重要的科学概念，同时培养批判性思维和假设检验技能。霍普学院自然科学系的教职员工和管理人员认为“科学是在实践中学习的最好方法”。随着学院最近承诺建立一个神经科学计划，我们的目标是发展一个以研究为导向的神经科学实验室，这将有助于学生理解神经科学概念，并支持培养批判性思维技能的部门重点。这个新的实验室将继续建立在学生之前的调查实验室经验，其中学生首先接受科学技术培训（使用结构化的实验室练习），然后使用该技术根据自己的假设和实验设计完成长期项目。我们正在调整结构化的实验室，从两个免费的神经科学实验室计划目前正在使用的其他本科院校：1）Crawdad计划，这是目前正在使用的机构，如康奈尔大学和威廉姆斯学院，向学生介绍现代神经生理学技术，包括电生理学。2)学习和记忆实验的实验室手册目前正在卫斯理学院和肯特州立大学使用，向学生介绍了在生物体水平上用于研究行为和学习的实验技术。在这个神经科学实验室中使用的资源也被学生在高级生理学和生物学入门课程中使用。