Assessment Rich Instructional Modules for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology

评估丰富的生物化学和分子生物学教学模块

• 批准号: 0837734
• 负责人: Gordon Rule
• 金额: $ 14.96万
• 依托单位: Carnegie-Mellon University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2009
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2009-01-01 至 2009-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0837734&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Assessment; Rich; Instructional; Modules; Biochemistry

(Biological Sciences 61) This project focuses on fostering active student engagement and instructor feedback via on-line technologies in biochemistry, with simulations and interactive animations and embedded assessments. Based on research in active student engagement and effective feedback, the project is developing, refining and assessing an integrated set of instructional modules for courses in molecular and cellular biology. The project goes beyond typical course development in that it is creating new computer-based instructional activities for students (simulations, interactive animations, etc.) and also collecting feedback from the activities via the "Open Leaning Initiative" (OLI) environment. This provides reports that allow the instructor to monitor the progress of the students in learning the content and to identify misconceptions and/or concepts that are difficult for students to learn. Instructional products emanating from this project include: A new set of research-informed, computer-based instructional activities; instructor feedback reports; a publicly available hybrid biochemistry course; and a version of these instructional activities packaged for use in any online learning environment and contributed to the NSDL.Intellectual Merit: The intellectual merit of this proposal resides in the use of computer-based and on-line technologies and tools to create new instructional materials with embedded assessments that address the variability of student backgrounds and learning styles in the midst of course delivery. In addition, the project is assessing the impact of these tools on teaching and learning in biochemistry and molecular biology. Broader Impact: This project is not only of benefit to the biology students of Carnegie-Mellon University, one-hundred per year during this project, but is also being made available well beyond this institution. The materials developed are being made freely accessible through the "Open Learning Initiative" and therefore instructors at other institutions can adapt and integrate the modules as they deem appropriate. Given the importance of quantitative biology, these materials and the evidence generated through the research study relative to impact are making significant contributions to the teaching and learning of biology and perhaps other quantitative sciences as well.

（生物科学61）这个项目的重点是通过生物化学的在线技术，模拟和互动动画和嵌入式评估，培养积极的学生参与和教师反馈。 根据对学生积极参与和有效反馈的研究，该项目正在开发、完善和评估一套分子和细胞生物学课程的综合教学模块。 该项目超越了典型的课程开发，因为它正在为学生创建新的基于计算机的教学活动（模拟，交互式动画等）。并透过“公开进修计划”（OLI）收集活动的意见。 这提供了允许教师监视学生在学习内容中的进展并识别学生难以学习的误解和/或概念的报告。 该项目产生的教学产品包括：一套新的基于研究信息的计算机教学活动;教师反馈报告;公开提供的混合生物化学课程;以及这些教学活动的一个版本，该版本被打包用于任何在线学习环境，并为NSDL做出了贡献。这项建议的智慧价值在于使用电脑为基础，并根据-线技术和工具，以创建新的教学材料与嵌入式评估，解决学生的背景和学习风格的变化，在课程交付中。此外，该项目正在评估这些工具对生物化学和分子生物学教学的影响。 更广泛的影响：这个项目不仅有利于生物学的学生，每年100在这个项目期间，但也被提供远远超出这个机构。 通过“开放式学习倡议”免费提供所编写的材料，因此，其他机构的教员可以酌情改编和整合这些单元。 鉴于定量生物学的重要性，这些材料和通过研究产生的证据相对于影响正在作出重大贡献的教学和生物学，也许其他定量科学以及。