REU: Ecology as an Interactive Process: Research Problems and Strategies for the Undergraduate

生态系统研究所的研究经验 本科生（IES-REU）项目将让八名学生沉浸在一个 高度互动的研究型环境。 程序 将使学生接触到研究的整个背景，而不仅仅是 特定学科的程序。 哲学 该计划有四个主题：（1）科学是一项社区活动; (2)有各种各样的策略可以用来攻击科学 （3）所有的研究都有理论背景;（4）所有的研究都有理论背景。 研究具有社会背景。 学生们会产生 假设，选择方法和开发研究设计， 与导师合作。 项目选择将侧重于 陆地和水生系统，并提供暴露于 不同的营养水平。 该计划的目的是， 学生将相互交流，工作人员的 教育计划，IES的其他科学家和学生，以及 来自学术和公共政策领域的访客和演讲者。 通过这种方式，该计划的哲学主题将被编织 每个学生的体验。 该计划将以一个 由学生研究人员举办的为期一天的研讨会。 的IES 还将编写不定期出版物， 学生的最后报告。

The Institute of Ecosystem Studies' Research Experiences for Undergraduates (IES-REU) program will immerse eight students in a highly interactive, research-oriented environment. The program will expose students to the whole context of research, not just to the procedures of a particular discipline. The philosophy of the program has four themes: (1) science is a community activity; (2) a variety of strategies is available to attack scientific problems; (3) all research has a theoretical context; and (4) all research has a social context. The students will generate hypotheses, select methods and develop research designs in collaboration with a mentor. The project options will focus on both terrestrial and aquatic systems, and provide exposure to a variety of trophic levels. The program is designed so that students will interact with each other, the staff of the Education Program, other scientists and students at IES, and visitors and speakers from the academic and public policy arenas. In this way the philosophical themes of the program will be woven into each student's experience. The program will conclude with a day-long symposium given by the student researchers. An IES Occasional Publication will also be prepared incorporating the students' final reports.