Targeted Infusion Project: Developing Quantitative Expertise in the Undergraduate Biology Curriculum (QEUBiC)

定向输注项目：培养本科生物学课程中的定量专业知识（QEUBiC）

• 批准号: 1435186
• 负责人: Raphael Isokpehi
• 金额: $ 40万
• 依托单位: Bethune-Cookman University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2014
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2014-08-15 至 2018-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1435186&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Targeted; Infusion; Project; Developing; Quantitative

The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Undergraduate Program (HBCU-UP) through Targeted Infusion Projects supports the development, implementation, and study of evidence-based innovative models and approaches for improving the preparation and success of HBCU undergraduate students so that they may pursue STEM graduate programs and/or careers. The project at Bethune-Cookman University seeks to enhance undergraduate education in the biology department by developing a curriculum that focuses on quantitative expertise. Students will be taught how to work with large data sets to understand biological systems and to solve problems in biology. Assessment metrics that integrate quantitative literacy, scientific literacy and strategic learning will be developed as part of the overall evaluation of the project.The goal of the project is to provide learning experiences for undergraduate biology majors to develop quantitative and computational skills for biological discovery and analysis. The project has two specific objectives: 1) to infuse data science competencies in research-oriented courses and 2) to develop three new courses. The project will infuse concepts of data flow, data analytics and data curation in a series of five research-oriented biology core courses. The new courses will be in the areas of bioinstrumentation, cloud computing and computational genetics. Bethune-Cookman University will undertake critical activities to create an adoptable model for core curriculum improvement in biology undergraduate programs. These activities include development and assessment of course resources and learning strategies; evaluation by students and faculty; disciplinary education research by students and faculty; and dissemination.

历史上的黑人学院和大学本科生计划（HBCU-UP）通过有针对性的输液项目支持开发，实施和基于证据的创新模式和方法的研究，以提高HBCU本科生的准备和成功，使他们可以追求STEM研究生课程和/或职业。白求恩-库克曼大学的这个项目旨在通过开发一个侧重于定量专业知识的课程来加强生物系的本科教育。 学生将学习如何使用大型数据集来理解生物系统并解决生物学问题。本项目的目标是为本科生物学专业学生提供学习经验，培养生物发现和分析的定量和计算技能。该项目有两个具体目标：1）在研究型课程中注入数据科学能力，2）开发三门新课程。 该项目将在一系列五门以研究为导向的生物学核心课程中注入数据流，数据分析和数据管理的概念。新的课程将在生物仪器，云计算和计算遗传学领域。白求恩-库克曼大学将开展关键活动，为生物本科课程的核心课程改进创建一个可采用的模式。这些活动包括课程资源和学习策略的开发和评估;学生和教师的评估;学生和教师的学科教育研究;以及传播。