Extending CREATE Demographically and Geographically, to Test its Efficacy on Diverse Populations of Learners at 2 Year and 4 Year Institutions

从人口统计和地理角度扩展 CREATE，以测试其对 2 年制和 4 年制院校不同学习者群体的功效

• 批准号: 1021443
• 负责人: Sally Hoskins
• 金额: $ 59.99万
• 依托单位: CUNY City College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2010
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2010-12-01 至 2015-11-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1021443&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Extending; CREATE; Demographically; Geographically; Test

The goals of this proposal are to transform how undergraduates learn biology, and to combat student disengagement from science by extending the use nationally of a pedagogical method known as CREATE (Consider, Read, Elucidate hypotheses, Analyze and interpret data, and Think of the next Experiment). This method brings about significant increases in both student understanding of, and student interest in biological research. The CREATE approach uses intensive analysis of papers published sequentially from single labs to show the evolution of research projects in real time. Through this method, students are taught how to dissect the papers into individual experiments, thus demystifying the process of reading scientific literature (journal articles) through the use of progressive pedagogical tools. By focusing on data analysis, experimental design and student grant panel activities, CREATE models the process of real science research in a way that is accessible and meaningful for student learning. In addition, CREATE students conduct informal (email) interviews with the authors of selected papers, thereby acquiring "behind the scenes" information that often humanizes the science as well as the scientists for the students. In this project, equal numbers of faculty from community colleges and four-year institutions are being recruited for CREATE Intensive Workshops. Trained faculty will subsequently implement CREATE strategies at both types of institutions. Students of these faculty will be tracked using a variety of assessment tools. The workshops facilitate dialogue among faculty from these diverse educational settings, thus establishing "pipeline" relationships between community and senior colleges. This project is promoting collaborative interactions that ultimately benefit faculty and students at multiple levels of higher education.This project is being co-funded by the Directorate for Biological Sciences.

该提案的目标是改变本科生学习生物学的方式，并通过在全国范围内推广称为CREATE（考虑，阅读，阐明假设，分析和解释数据，并考虑下一个实验）的教学方法来打击学生脱离科学。这种方法带来了学生的理解，并在生物学研究的学生的兴趣显着增加。CREATE方法对单个实验室连续发表的论文进行深入分析，以显示真实的研究项目的进展情况。通过这种方法，学生们被教导如何将论文分解成单独的实验，从而通过使用渐进的教学工具来揭开阅读科学文献（期刊文章）的神秘面纱。通过专注于数据分析，实验设计和学生资助小组活动，创建模型的真实的科学研究的过程中的方式，是学生学习的访问和意义。此外，CREATE学生与选定论文的作者进行非正式（电子邮件）采访，从而获得“幕后”信息，这些信息通常使科学和科学家为学生提供人性化。在这个项目中，正在从社区学院和四年制学院招聘同等数量的教师参加“创造”强化讲习班。经过培训的教师随后将在这两种类型的机构实施CREATE战略。这些教师的学生将使用各种评估工具进行跟踪。这些研讨会促进了来自不同教育环境的教师之间的对话，从而在社区和高级学院之间建立了“管道”关系。该项目促进合作互动，最终使各级高等教育的教师和学生受益，该项目由生物科学理事会共同资助。