Undergraduate Molecular Biology Literacy: From Knowledge to Application with Project-Based Learning

生物科学（61）本项目在一门高级本科课程中，采用综合研究问题为基础的方法，提供有效的分子生物学本科教育。整个课程是在一个研究克隆实验的框架内提出的，学生在实验室完成。在课程结束时，学生们会提出自己的研究建议，并进行实验。这门课的教材取自美国国家科学基金会赞助的《解开DNA》教材，并经过改编，以农村第一代大学生为主，其中有大量的女性和非裔美国学生。适应性包括实验室和课堂经验的整合以及对所有实验室练习的修改。该项目正在通过加强机构研究和教育基础设施，增加代表性不足的群体对分子生物学的参与，提高学生的科学素养，并将研究与教育结合起来。

Biological Sciences (61) This project is providing effective undergraduate education in molecular biology using an integrated research-problem-based approach in an advanced, undergraduate course. The entire course is presented within the framework of a research cloning experiment that the students complete in the laboratory. At the end of the course the students generate their own research proposals with experiments that they can subsequently pursue. The material for the course is being adopted from the NSF-sponsored Unraveling DNA text, and adapted to serve a student populace dominated by rural, first generation college students with significant numbers of female and African American students. Adaptations include integration of the laboratory and classroom experience and modification of all laboratory exercises. This project is increasing the participation of underrepresented groups in molecular biology, enhancing scientific literacy among the students, and integrating research and education by enhancing the institutional research and educational infrastructure.