A Biology Program to Develop Investigative Learning and Critical Thinking at a Small, Rural University

9451925骑士这个项目的目的是培养批判性思维和提高农村本科生物学学生的科学写作。 发展将通过鼓励研究和学习的课程计划，这是逐步更加独立的教师和更多的合作与其他学生的影响。许多基本设备已购买了这个项目与私人捐款;然而，红外气体分析仪，分析氧气分析仪，二氧化碳传感器和电泳设备需要扩大学生接触技术仪器，并提供了更广泛的机会，在植物生理学，人类和动物代谢，分子和细胞生物学的原创性学生研究。 该项目意义重大，因为它是一个背离传统的方法来教生物学在这所小大学。 该项目是一个影响大多数生物课程的风格和内容的综合战略。这个新的生物学项目预计将吸引更多的学生进入欧扎克大学的生物学，并提高校友进入研究生和专业学校的比率。

9451925 Knight The aim of this project is to foster critical thinking and improved scientific writing among rural undergraduate biology students. Development will be effected through a program of courses that encourage research and learning which is progressively more independent of faculty and more in collaboration with other students. Much basic equipment has been purchased for this project with private donations; however, an infrared gas analyzer, an analytical oxygen analyzer, a carbon dioxide sensor, and electrophoresis equipment are needed to expand the exposure of students to technical instrumentation and provide a wider range of opportunities for original student research in plant physiology, human and animal metabolism, and molecular and cellular biology. The project is significant because it is a departure from the traditional approach to teaching biology at this small university. The project is a comprehensive strategy affecting the style and content of most biology courses. This new biology program is expected to attract more students into biology at the University of the Ozarks and enhance the rate of alumni matriculating into graduate and professional schools.