Converting Cookbook Laboratories into Inquiry

存在着一个需要的教育材料，介绍研究范式到科学课程的非专业。 该项目的主要研究员正在为一门课程编写教材，使学生能够模拟专业科学家的活动，作为学习科学方法和内容的一种手段。这些新的课程材料目前的学生实验室的科学专业文献的格式，虽然在一个仔细定义的背景下。 这些论文中的信息提供了允许学生设计和实施自己的实验所需的背景。12项实验正在转化为科学文献介绍格式。 这些正在普通科学课程中进行实地测试，并根据学生的反应进行改进。 还正在编写一本指导手册，为教师提供工具，以便将传统的实验室练习进行类似的改组，使之成为以直接探究为基础的实验室。 正在对这本指南进行评估，并根据需要进行修改。 正在利用因特网向其他人提供实验室和指南。

There exists a need for educational materials that introduce the research paradigm into science courses for nonmajors. The PIs of this project are developing curriculum materials for a course that allows students to model the activities of professional scientists as a means of learning scientific method and content. These new course materials present student laboratories in the format of the scientific professional literature, albeit within a carefully defined context. The information in these papers provides the background required to allow the students to design and implement their own experiments. Twelve experiments are being transformed into the scientific literature-presentation format. These are being field tested in general science classes and refined based on student response. A guidebook to provide faculty with the tools to carry out similar restructuring of traditional laboratory exercises into directed inquiry based laboratories is also being prepared. This guidebook is being evaluated and modified as necessary. The Internet is being used to make the laboratories and guidebook available to others.