Conducting Authentic Molecular Biology and Genomics Research in High Schools

1031158 VershonThis罗格斯大学的建议，在高中进行真实的分子生物学和基因组学研究（MBGR），是一个为期三年的基于策略的ITEST项目，为科学教师和学生提供途径，成为生物技术，分子生物学和生物信息学的真实研究的一部分，并作出贡献。教师和学生将使用信息和通信技术（ICT）来分析他们的实验结果，并在世界各地的科学家使用的数据库中发布他们的结果。MBGR的主要目标是确定哪些策略促进真实的学生研究，从而培养学生对STEM职业的兴趣。在这项拟议的研究中，MBGR将研究五个关键要素的作用，以及它们如何与该计划将使用的策略相关，以a）拓宽项目的研究内容，B）研究用于支持高中真正研究的单个计划组件。这些战略将在三所大学实施和研究：牵头机构-罗格斯大学瓦克斯曼研究所和另外两个地点-马里兰州巴尔的摩的约翰霍普金斯大学和奥斯汀的得克萨斯大学。参与者将包括罗格斯大学暑期学院的20名教师和40名学生;约翰霍普金斯大学暑期学院的10名教师和20名学生以及德克萨斯大学暑期学院的6名教师和12名学生。

1031158VershonThis Rutgers University proposal, Conducting Authentic Molecular Biology and Genomics Research (MBGR) in High Schools, is a three-year strategies-based ITEST project that provides avenues for science teachers and their students to become part of, and contribute to, authentic research in biotechnology, molecular biology, and bioinformatics. Teachers and students will use Information and Communication Technology (ICT) to analyze their experimental findings and publish their results in databases used by scientists throughout the world. The primary goal of MBGR is to determine what strategies promote authentic student research and thereby foster student interest in STEM careers. In this proposed study, MBGR will examine the role of five key elements and how they are related to the strategies that the program will use to a) broaden the research content of the project and, b) study the individual program components that are used to support genuine research in high schools. These strategies will be implemented and studied at three Universities: the lead facility, Waksman Institute, Rutgers University, and two other sites, John Hopkins University in Baltimore, Maryland and at the University of Texas at Austin. Participants will include 20 teachers and 40 students at the Rutgers Summer Institute; 10 teachers and 20 students at John Hopkins University Summer Institute and 6 teachers and 12 students at the University of Texas Summer Institute.