The BioQUEST Learning Tools Project

该生物教育项目的目的是促进： 1)开发课程材料， 通过现代生物学研究方法学习，2） 传播这些和以前的NSF支持的课程 3）建立和维护一个可行的 在生物学家、科学教育者、 软件开发人员和其他个人谁分享这个 approach. 教师们将在夏季研讨会上聚集在一起， 推动BioQUEST开放式问题的发展- 解决问题，长期研究的教学方法， 生物学的学习（“3 P”方法：提出问题， 问题解决和同伴说服）。 三分之二的 受邀参与者将开发材料， 解决BioQUEST教学方法的实施问题 学习生物学和使用计算机工具， 模拟在本科生物学教育中的应用 另一个- 三分之一的参与者将主要启动新项目 在内容领域，软件工具和计算机模拟 将加强本科生物学教学。 此外 到材料开发，每个参与者都将在以下方面发挥作用： 在传播过程中， 专业会议，举办当地研讨会，或写作 一篇投稿给期刊的文章材料开发于 这些项目最终可能成为日益增长的 BioQUEST文库。这一努力在加强 将在几个地点对学生的学习情况进行评估。

The purpose of this biology education project is to promote: 1)the development of curricular materials that facilitate learning via a modern biological research approach, 2) dissemination of these and previous NSF-supported curricular materials, and 3) the establishment and maintenance of a viable communication network among biologists, science educators, software developers and other individuals who share this approach. Faculty will come together at a summer workshop to promote the development of the BioQUEST's open-ended problem- solving, long-term research approach to the teaching and learning of biology(the "3P's" approach: problem-posing, probelm-solving, and peer persuasion). Two-thirds of the invited participants will develop materials with a view toward addressing implementation of the BioQUEST approach to teaching and learning biology and the use of computer tools and simulations in undergraduate biology education. The other one- third of the participants primarily will initiate new projects in content areas where software tools and computer simulations would enahnce undergraduate biology instruction. In addition to materials development, each participant will play a role in in the dissemination process by either giving a presentation at a professional meeting, conducting a local workshop, or writing an article for submission to a journal. Materials developed in these projects may ultimately become part of the growing BioQUEST library. The effectiveness of this effort in enhancing student learning will be evaluated at several sites.