Collaborative Research: Integrating Mathematics into the Introductory Biology Curriculum: A First Step

合作研究：将数学融入生物学入门课程：第一步

• 批准号: 1141320
• 负责人: William Boecklen
• 金额: $ 16.14万
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-06-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1141320&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Research; Integrating; Mathematics; into

New Mexico State University and El Paso Community College are collaborating to create a new introductory course that fully integrates instruction in biology and mathematics. The idea grew from a successful Undergraduate Biology and Mathematics project in which teams of faculty and students worked together on common research questions. Now that effort is being broadened and tested on a larger and less experienced student population. Targeted to students beginning their studies of STEM disciplines, the course is offered at both institutions in parallel with more traditional courses and the effectiveness of the two instructional models are compared using common assessment tools. If the combined approach is as successful at influencing student learning and conceptual mastery as expected, it will replace traditional instruction at both institutions. Not only does this innovative interdisciplinary approach provide a solid foundation for future studies in quantitative STEM subjects, it also allows development of strategies to encourage participation of more underrepresented minority students, a large part of the population in Southern New Mexico and Western Texas.

新墨西哥州立大学和埃尔帕索社区学院正在合作创建一门新的入门课程，该课程完全融合了生物学和数学的教学。这个想法源于一个成功的本科生生物和数学项目，在这个项目中，教职员工和学生团队共同研究常见的研究问题。现在，这一努力正在扩大，并在更大、经验更少的学生群体中进行测试。针对开始学习STEM学科的学生，这门课程在两所院校与更传统的课程并行提供，并使用常见的评估工具比较了两种教学模式的有效性。如果这种结合的方法在影响学生的学习和概念掌握方面像预期的那样成功，它将取代这两所学校的传统教学。这种创新的跨学科方法不仅为未来定量STEM科目的研究提供了坚实的基础，还允许制定战略，鼓励更多未被充分代表的少数族裔学生参与其中，这些学生是新墨西哥州南部和得克萨斯州西部的大部分人口。