The Effects of Computer-Assisted Instruction in Teaching Human Anatomy: An Experimental Study

(生物科学61)拟议的项目是奥古斯塔纳学院和圣安德鲁斯大学共同努力的成果。他们建议评估计算机辅助教学(计算机辅助教学)是否提高学生解释三维结构关系的能力。他们的目标是通过以下方式加强和加强典型的人体解剖学实验室练习：开发实验室模块(奥古斯塔纳有10个，圣安德鲁斯有11个)，利用赛博-解剖学(TM)软件程序；并将这些模块引入大学水平的人体解剖学和解剖学与生理学(A&P；P)课程。他们将测试学生在进入大学水平的人体解剖学或A&P；课程后理解和解释3D空间关系的能力，并确定在完成这类课程后，学生对3D结构关系的理解和解释是否有所改善。智力优势：尽管在本科解剖学和A&P课程中使用计算机辅助教学已有多年，但很少有研究关注这些本科课程的有效性。这个项目填补了当前文献中的空白。这项拟议研究的创新方面包括：(1)两个不同本科院校的四名教师参与；(2)爱荷华大学计算机辅助设计中心的教员合作开发软件程序Cyber-Antopy(TM)；以及(3)开发与新的人体解剖学软件程序相链接的实验室模块，旨在提高学生解释3D结构关系的能力。更广泛的影响：如果使用计算机辅助教学在学生学习和学生对所涉及的科学的态度方面产生积极的结果，将开展额外的工作来进一步开发该工具。这个计算机程序和其他类似的程序可以为全国范围内的社区大学和四年制本科院校的人体解剖学课程和A&P；合并课程的计算机辅助教学提供一个很好的工具。

(Biological Sciences 61) The Proposed project is a joint effort of Augustana College and St Andrews University. They propose to evaluate whether or not computer-assisted instruction (CAI) enhances students' ability to interpret 3D structural relationships. Their goal is to enhance and augment typical human anatomy laboratory exercises by: developing laboratory modules (10 at Augustana and 11 at St Andrews), utilizing the Cyber-Anatomy(TM) software program; and introducing these modules into college-level human anatomy and combined anatomy and physiology (A & P) courses. They will test students' ability to understand and interpret 3D spatial relationships upon entering a college-level human anatomy or A & P course and determine the improvement, if any, in the students' understanding and interpretation of 3D structural relationships following the completion of such courses with and without CAI.Intellectual Merit: Although CAI has been utilized in undergraduate anatomy and A & P courses for several years, very few studies have focused on the effectiveness of these undergraduate courses. This project fills that void in the current literature. The innovative aspects of this proposed study are (1) the involvement of four instructors at two different undergraduate institutions; (2) the collaboration of faculty from the Center for Computer-Aided Design at the University of Iowa in the development of the software program, Cyber-Anatomy (TM); and (3) the development of laboratory modules linked to a new human anatomy software program designed to enhance students' ability to interpret 3D structural relationships.Broader Impact: If use of CAI results in a positive outcome as regards student learning and student attitudes towards the sciences involved, additional work will be undertaken to further develop the tool. This computer program and others like it could provide an excellent tool for CAI in human anatomy courses and combined A&P courses at community colleges and four-year undergraduate institutions, nation wide.