A Year-Long Lab-Based Interdisciplinary Science Course for Non-Science Majors, Particularly Education Majors

跨学科（99）这个项目改编了Trefil和Hazen的《科学：综合方法》，以及Stanionis的相关实验室手册（纽约，John Wiley and Sons出版社，2000），为非专业学生开设了为期一年的课程。大多数适应性的工作都是在课程的实验室部分进行的。该课程旨在纠正亨廷顿学院大多数非专业和教育专业在科学准备方面的严重缺陷。它将取代以前开设的自然科学课程，该课程已被证明无效。新课程正在转移重点，强调更多的实验室工作，并让学生有机会通过直接经验了解科学家如何进行研究。新课程纳入了教学方法的计划变化，包括小组练习，与实验室实践和课程的学习目标相一致。本课程将计算机技术融入课堂，利用现有的许多计算机动画和科学原理演示。本课程的主要目标是教学生科学是如何工作的，并向普通读者解释科学材料。课程的影响将通过综合学生课程评估、入学跟踪、标准化测试和对进入K-12教学的学生的跟踪数据来评估，以涵盖对学生教学和早期教学职业经历的影响。

Interdisciplinary (99)This project is adapting Trefil and Hazen's "The Sciences: an Integrated Approach," and the associated Laboratory Manual by Stanionis (New York, John Wiley and Sons, 2000) into a year-long course for non-majors. Most of the adaptive work is being made on the laboratory side of the course. The course is intended to redress serious deficiencies in the science preparation of most non-majors and education majors at Huntingdon College. It will replace a previously offered course in the natural sciences that has proven ineffective. The new course is shifting emphasis, stressing more laboratory work and opportunities for students to learn how scientists approach research through direct experiences. The new course is incorporating planned changes in pedagogy, including group exercises, that are compatible with laboratory practices and the learning objectives of the course. The course is incorporating computer technology in the classroom, by taking advantage of several of the many computer animations and demonstrations of scientific principles now available. The prime objective of the course is to teach students how science works, and to explain scientific material to a general audience. The impact of the course will be assessed by a combination of data from student course evaluations, enrollment tracking, standardized tests, and following-up with students who enter K-12 teaching, in order to cover the impact on student teaching and early career experiences in teaching.