The Physics of Life: Interdisciplinary Education at the Introductory Level

正在对生物学导论III：生物生物学进行改革，将物理学融入生物学，同时对生物学专业的导论物理课程进行改革。正在编写一套教材，涵盖基础生物学中两个重要的物理主题&热力学和交通运输。一个由具有教育改革思想的生物学家和物理教育研究人员组成的联合团队正在通过以内容、认识论和教育学为重点的课程改革的方法，将物理融入生物学，并对生物学家的一门物理课程进行配套改革。所开发的材料包括结构化的在线阅读材料、用于大型生物课堂的同伴教学概念问题、用于课堂小组问题解决的样本问题、样本考试问题、结构化的家庭作业问题以使生物和物理课堂中有匹配的问题，以及课堂辅导形式的练习表。每一项都经历了严格的开发、审查、修改和测试周期，以确保成品的质量和效果。由此产生的材料将在互联网上传播，并在适当的专业论坛上进行描述。

The reform of the Introductory Biology III: Organismal Biology to integrate physics into biology and the concurrent reform of introductory physics courses for biology majors is being conducted. A set of educational materials that covers two broad physics topics of importance in basic biology & thermodynamics and transport are being developed.A combined team of education-reform-minded biologists and physics education researchers is carrying out the integration of physics into biology and the matching reform of a course in physics for biologists by using an approach to curriculum reform that focuses on issues of content, epistemology, and pedagogy. Materials developed include structured on-line readings, Peer Instruction conceptual problems for large lecture biology classes, sample problems for in-class group problem solving, sample exam problems, structured homework problems coordinated so that there are matching problems in the biology and physics classes, and in-class tutorial-style worksheets. Each item undergoes a rigorous cycle of development, review, revision, and testing to ensure the quality and effectiveness of the finished products. The resulting materials will be disseminated over the internet and described at appropriate professional forums.