From ILAP to iLabAP - Linking Investigative Biology Laboratories to the Mathematics Curriculum

从 ILAP 到 iLabAP - 将研究生物学实验室与数学课程联系起来

• 批准号: 0632940
• 负责人: Kirk Bartholomew
• 金额: $ 11.91万
• 依托单位: Sacred Heart University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-01-01 至 2010-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0632940&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: ILAP; iLabAP; Linking; Investigative; Biology

Interdisciplinary (99) In this project a collaborating cohort of mathematics and biology faculty are developing "Interdisciplinary Laboratory Activity Projects" (iLabAPs) for use in both biology and mathematics courses. The intellectual merit of this effort is grounded in its adaptation of a materials development trajectory conceived in "Project Inter-MATH: Interdisciplinary Lively Applications (ILAPs)," which began under the earlier Mathematics and Its Applications throughout the Curriculum Initiative. Each iLabAP consists of an investigative biology laboratory exercise performed in biology lab courses, linked to case studies employed in the mathematics courses in which biology majors are also enrolled. Specific sets of learning objectives with measurable outcomes are also developed by each iLabAP team and this development is informed by educational research. Data collection equipment and software are also being used in the investigative biology laboratories to introduce students to modern methods of data acquisition and analysis. The broader impacts of the project are being felt in its enhancement of participation and academic achievement in introductory mathematics and biology courses, especially among women who are underrepresented and underserved in STEM. The project is also increasing collaboration among the mathematics and all university science faculty, thus serving as a powerful model for the integrated use of inquiry-based interdisciplinary education.

跨学科(99)在这个项目中，数学和生物教师的一个协作队列正在开发“跨学科实验室活动项目”(ILabAP)，用于生物学和数学课程。这种努力在智力上的价值在于它适应了“跨数学项目：跨学科的生动应用(ILAP)”中设想的材料发展轨迹，该项目始于早期的数学及其在整个课程倡议中的应用。每个iLabAP包括在生物实验室课程中进行的生物实验室调查练习，与生物专业学生也注册的数学课程中使用的案例研究相联系。每个iLabAP团队还制定了具有可衡量结果的特定学习目标集，这一发展由教育研究提供信息。调查生物学实验室也在使用数据收集设备和软件，向学生介绍数据收集和分析的现代方法。该项目的更广泛影响体现在它提高了数学和生物入门课程的参与度和学术成就，特别是在STEM中任职人数不足和服务不足的妇女。该项目还加强了数学和所有大学理科教员之间的合作，从而成为综合利用以探究为基础的跨学科教育的有力典范。