COLLAB RES: Six Short Weeks: A Classroom Strategy for Supporting Undergraduate Research in Mathematical Biology

数学科学（21）来自西雅图中央社区学院、加州州立大学蒙特利湾和达特茅斯学院的一组研究人员正在开发一门数学生物学课程、文本和支持交互式软件，旨在在这些不同的机构中取得成功。课程和材料是针对学生只有一个学期的微积分准备和医学预科研究的浓厚兴趣。所有的课程材料导致当前的医疗或生态利益在撒哈拉以南非洲的建模问题。完整课程的目标是学生应该能够在六周的教学后阅读研究文献并进行自己的研究。此外，正在设计的材料，使他们也可以融入现有的微积分课程。对所有三所院校的学生反应进行形成性评估，确保对材料进行修订，以满足多样化学生的需求。智力优势：该项目旨在为非数学专业的学生提供数学生物学经验。准备从事医学职业的学生并不总是接触到以批判性方式阅读专业文献所需的工具。这些新材料旨在让学生参与有趣和相关的建模问题，使他们能够将本科研究融入他们的课程。一个引人注目的主题，本科生的研究经验，和一个动态的互动课堂体验的组合作为一个有用的原型，为科学，技术，工程和数学（STEM）majors.Broader影响的数学教育：在该项目中开发的课程和材料提请学生关注当前关注的话题。全球健康问题，环境问题，以及这些问题发生的背景下，帮助学生了解生物学是关于更多的是在实验室，数学是关于更多的常规计算。两年制和四年制院校之间，公立和私立院校之间，以及生物学家和数学家之间的合作，使这些材料能够为学生群体的广泛多样性服务。

Mathematical Sciences (21)A team of researchers from Seattle Central Community College, California State University Monterey Bay, and Dartmouth College are developing a mathematical biology course, text, and supporting interactive software that are designed to succeed across these diverse institutions. The course and the materials are aimed at students with only one term of calculus preparation and a strong interest in premedical studies. All course materials lead to modeling problems of current medical or ecological interest in Sub-Saharan Africa. The goal for the complete course is that students should be able to read the research literature after six weeks of instruction and conduct their own research. In addition the materials are being designed so that they may also be integrated into existing calculus courses. A formative evaluation of student responses at all three institutions ensures that the materials are revised to meet the needs of a diverse student body.Intellectual Merit: The project is addressing the need to provide a mathematical biology experience to students who are not mathematics majors. Students who are preparing for a career in medicine are not always exposed to the tools required to read the professional literature in a critical way. These new materials seek to engage students with interesting and relevant modeling problems that allow them to integrate undergraduate research into their coursework. The combination of a compelling subject, an undergraduate research experience, and a dynamic interactive classroom experience serves as a useful prototype for the mathematical education of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) majors.Broader Impacts: The course and materials being developed in the project draw the attention of students to topics of current concern. Global heath issues, environmental issues, and the context in which these occur help students to understand that biology is about more than being in the laboratory, and that mathematics is about more than routine calculation. The collaborations between two and four-year institutions, between public and private institutions, and between biologists and mathematicians, allow these materials to serve a broad diversity of student populations.