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

合作研究：六短周：支持数学生物学本科生研究的课堂策略

• 批准号: 0736666
• 负责人: Rachel Esselstein
• 金额: $ 1.2万
• 依托单位: University Corporation at Monterey Bay
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2008
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2008-05-01 至 2010-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0736666&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Six; Short; Weeks

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.

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分校和达特茅斯学院的研究人员团队正在开发数学生物学课程、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。该课程和材料面向只准备了一学期微积分且对医学预科学习有浓厚兴趣的学生。所有课程材料都会对撒哈拉以南非洲当前的医学或生态问题进行建模。完整课程的目标是学生在六周的教学后应该能够阅读研究文献并进行自己的研究。此外，这些材料正在设计中，以便它们也可以集成到现有的微积分课程中。对所有三个机构的学生反应进行形成性评估，确保对材料进行修订，以满足不同学生群体的需求。智力优点：该项目正在解决为非数学专业的学生提供数学生物学经验的需求。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且相关的建模问题，使他们能够将本科生研究融入到他们的课程中。引人入胜的学科、本科生研究经验和动态互动课堂体验的结合，为科学、技术、工程和数学 (STEM) 专业的数学教育提供了有用的原型。 更广泛的影响：该项目中正在开发的课程和材料吸引了学生对当前关注的主题的关注。全球健康问题、环境问题以及这些问题发生的背景有助于学生理解生物学不仅仅是在实验室中，数学不仅仅是常规计算。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，使这些材料能够服务于广泛多样性的学生群体。