Discovery-Oriented Learning in an Undergraduate Science Community

该项目通过跨学科的方法推进本科科学的教育改革，在这种方法中，学生创建自己的科学社区。该项目计划强调学生参与实验科学，并代表了发现导向学习原则的延伸。教育改革的模式包括：教师创建的发现实验室、学生创建的实验室、学生创建的自然科学数据库、学生参与的科学发现中心、独立研究和校外探索。该项目的理念是对俄亥俄州数学/科学发现项目的补充，该项目涉及K-12教育，由NSF在全州系统性倡议计划下资助。该项目还包括一项详细的评估和传播计划。

This project advances educational reform in undergraduate science by taking an interdisciplinary approach in which students create their own scientific community. The project plan emphasizes student participation in experimental science and represents an extension of the principles of discovery- oriented learning. The model of educational reform includes: instructor-generated discovery laboratories, student-generated laboratories, the creation by students of a Natural Science Database, a student-staffed Center for Science Discovery, independent research and off-campus explorations. The project philosophy complements that of the Ohio Mathematics/Science Discovery Project which deals with K-12 educatiion and which is funded by the NSF under the Statewide Systemic Initiative program. The project also embodies a detailed plan for assessment and dissemination.