SBIR Phase I: Online Chapter Marketplace for Biology Learning Materials

这个小企业创新研究第一阶段的研究项目实现了目前大多数生物学本科生使用的阅读材料的替代。更换后的联合收割机将把更小的阅读部分与更活跃的学习部分如模拟实验结合起来。该系统将向各种作者和专业人士开放。目前，大多数大学生物课都使用教科书来向学生展示材料，但通过教科书学习主要是通过记忆进行的。这个研究项目将探索新的方法，使生物学学生的带回家的作业更活跃，而不会失去理解生物系统所需的内容。这个研究项目有可能将科学教育的支柱之一，教科书，从一个被动的阅读工具，主动学习工具。这可以改善美国每年至少100万名参加大学生物课程的学生的学习，最终可以帮助提高跨学科的学习。

This Small Business Innovation Research Phase I research project implements a replacement for the reading materials currently used by most undergraduate students in biology. The replacement will combine smaller reading sections with more active learning components such as simulated experiments. The system will be open to contributions from a wide variety of authors and professionals. Textbooks are currently used in most college biology classes to present material to students, but the learning through textbooks occurs primarily through memorization. This research project will explore new ways of making the take-home assignments of biology students more active, without losing the content needed for understanding biological systems. This research project has the potential to transform one of the pillars of science education, the textbook, from a passive reading instrument to an active learning tool. This could improve learning for the at least one million students per year that take college level biology classes each year in the U.S., and eventually could help improve learning across the sciences.