Enhancing Student Learning by the Integration of Research-based Activities into Biochemistry Laboratories

化学(12)当学习者参与基于探究的活动时，成功的学生学习是成功的。培养新科学家需要高度重视创造一个注重研究性练习的学生学习环境。该项目将研究性教学融入到生物化学实验室序列中，加强了几批理科专业学生的培养，并利用了现代方法，如液相色谱学和分光光度法。生物化学实验室的两个学期的课程材料改编自生物化学教育文献，并进行了修改，以便在课程的第一个学期逐步向学生传授实验设计和数据分析的组成部分。然后，在第二学期，学生们沉浸在以研究为基础的环境中。第一学期的重点是在长达一学期的研究项目中使用单一蛋白质来激励学生学习。在第二学期，学生有权设计、执行和分析他们的实验。这两个学期的结果是培训学生使用复杂的仪器进行数据采集和分析，同时利用先进的基于网络的技术，包括教学材料的视频和音频串流。目前正在通过几种混合方法评估该方案的进展情况。一位生物化学教育专家正在进行额外的评估。项目成果正在区域和国家专业会议上传播，并通过开发一个专门的网站来传播。

Chemistry (12)Successful student learning is achieved when learners are involved in inquiry-based activities. Training new scientists requires a strong emphasis on creating a student-learning environment that focuses on research-based exercises. This project integrates research-based teaching into the biochemistry laboratory sequence, enhancing the training of several groups of science majors and utilizing contemporary methods, such as liquid chromatography and spectrophotometry. Course materials for two semesters of biochemistry laboratories are being adapted from the biochemical education literature and modified so that the components of experimental design and data analysis are gradually transferred to the students over the first semester of the course. Then, in the second semester, the students are immersed in a research-based environment. The first semester focuses on using a single protein in the context of a semester-long research project to motivate student learning. In the second semester students are empowered to design, execute and analyze their experiments. Both semesters result in training students in the use of sophisticated instrumentation for data acquisition and analysis while utilizing advanced web-based technology including video and audio streaming of instructional materials. The progress of the program is being assessed through several mixed-method evaluations. A biochemistry education specialist is making additional assessments. Project outcomes are being disseminated at regional and national professional meetings and through development of a dedicated web site.