Computer-Based Work Stations or Physiology Laboratories

该奖项为生物科学系提供资金 在乔治华盛顿大学帮助购买设备， 将允许重新设计两个本科生生理学人类 实验室周围的微机为基础的工作站。 苹果 Macintosh SE个人电脑将与World 精密仪器MacLab数据采集系统。 所述WPI MacLab包括必要的硬件和软件 专门用来模拟测谎仪和存储器 示波器 重新设计的实验室最具创新性的特点是 个人电脑将被用作交互式“电子实验室 手册”。 为手册设计的软件将 使自动教程的方法成为可能，这将大大提高 在练习过程中学习。 在应对 学生将被要求回答问题，提供 数据，或产生图形或表格数据摘要。 基于pc的 工作站还将允许增加新的实验练习， 课程，包括模拟。 基于PC的工作 空间站的购买成本将更低，使用也更容易 并保持比高质量的笔和墨水记录系统。 没有 目前，该部门的实验室课程为学生提供 有机会定期使用PC进行数据采集， 分析. 在生理学中使用基于PC的工作站将更好地 准备学生进入劳动力市场或继续他们的 研究生教育。 受赠人正在匹配此 非联邦来源的奖项。

This award provides funds to the Department of Biological Sciences at George Washington University to help purchase equipment that will allow redesign of two undergraduate physiology human laboratories around microcomputer-based work stations. Apple Macintosh SE personal computers will be interfaced with World Precision Instruments MacLab data acquisition systems. The WPI MacLab includes both the necessary hardware and software specifically designed to emulate a polygraph and a storage oscilloscope. The most innovative feature of the redesigned labs will be that PCs will be used as interactive "electronic lab manuals". The software which will be designed for the manual will make possible an auto-tutorial approach which will greatly improve learning during the conduct of an exercise. In responding to queries, students will be required to answer questions, provide data, or produce graphical or tabular data summaries. The PC-based work stations will also allow the addition of new lab exercises to the curriculum, including simulations. The proposed PC-based work stations will be less expensive to purchase and much easier to use and maintain than high quality pen and ink recording systems. No laboratory courses in the Department currently provide students an opportunity to use PC's regularly for data acquisition and analysis. Using PC-based work stations in physiology will better prepare students to enter the work force or to continue their education at the graduate level. The grantee is matching this award with non-Federal sources.