Introducing Microcomputer-Based Laboratories into an Investigative Introductory Biology Course

调查人员解决了三个主要的国家需求， 生理学和解剖学专业课程：1）以及 设计的模块，以服务类的基础上调查 实验室，2）减少对实验室依赖的手段 使用脊椎动物，3）降低成本的方法 实验室设备，以便所有学生都可以进行一些实践 体验. 该提案要求资金用于设计和 建立一套微机实验室， 将：1）允许测量基本生理过程，2） 便于数据与微型计算机的直接接口， 3）使学生能够轻松地记录、绘制和呈现 结果MBL模块将涵盖3个基本系统： (how以测量皮肤温度、响应时间和热通量）， 效应器（如何测量反射弧，性能和速率 疲劳）和心肺（测量心脏和呼吸 率）。 预期结果是：1）调查 基于实验室的第二学期非专业生物课程，以及 2)描述如何建造类似廉价设备的文本 以便MBL可以在其他机构实施。

The investigators address three major national needs for non- majors courses oriented to physiology and anatomy: 1) well designed modules to serve classes based on investigative laboratories, 2) a means to decrease reliance on experimental use of vertebrates, and 3) a means to decrease the cost of laboratory equipment so all students can have some hands-on experience. The proposal requests funds to design and implement a set of microcomputer-based laboratories (MBL) that will: 1) allow measurement of basic physiologic processes, 2) facilitate direct interface of the data with microcomputers, and 3) enable students to easily record, graph and present results. The MBL modules will cover 3 basic systems; sensory (how to measure skin temperature, response time and heat flux), effector (how to measure reflex arcs, performance and rates of fatigue) and cardiopulmonary (measure heart and respiration rate). The expected outcomes are: 1) an investigative laboratory based second semester non-majors biology course, and 2) a text describing how to build similar inexpensive equipment so that the MBL can be implemented at other institutions.