Term-long Student-designed Projects in the Biochemistry Laboratory

使用现代仪器生物化学学生组成研究团队，纯化和研究特定的酶。广泛的教师咨询包括帮助学生计划和持续修改他们的方案和期末报告。对该方法的试点测试是本课程设计的基础。这门课程是系承诺的一部分，目的是改变向所有学生教授生物的方式。新的系课程调整和实施了来自各种来源的想法，包括国家研究委员会(1997年，重新考虑科学教学)、本科生研究委员会(CUR通讯1997)和首席研究员以前的试点项目(Mayne，J.1998细胞生物学、细胞分子生物学研究实验室，9)。

Using modern instrumentation biochemistry students form research teams to purify and investigate specific enzymes. Extensive faculty consultation is involved to help students plan and continually revise their protocols and final reports. A pilot testing of this approach served as the basis for design of this course. The course is part of a department commitment to change the way in which biology is taught to all students. The new department curriculum adapts and implements ideas from a variety of sources, including work cited by the National Research Council (1997, Science Teaching Reconsidered), the Council on Undergraduate Research (CUR Newsletter 1997) and previous pilot projects of the Principal Investigator (Mayne, J. 1998 An Investigative Laboratory for Cell Biology, Molecular Biology of the Cell, 9).