Scientific Inquiry and Process: A Design for the Times

在这个项目中，拉凡纳大学的一个团队正在采用其成功的策略来教授初级细胞生物学实验室，称为设计自己的实验(DYOE)。它现在正在与促进科学素养的活动和针对大二学生的课程结合在一起。为了应对入学人数的增加，班级人数增加了，因此必须共享实验室设备。当不积极使用设备时，学生们通过期刊俱乐部培养他们阅读、写作和谈论细胞生物学主题的技能，对科学文献和学生自己的书面科学工作进行评论和写作，并为报告准备数据。这种方法也在第二门课程--发育生物学中进行测试。该团队正在开发评估工具，以评估DYOE和扫盲工作相结合在改善学生整体学习方面的成功。这种模式很可能对许多招生人数增加但资源没有相应增加的学校具有吸引力。该项目的一个具体产品是一本实验室手册，可由采用者定制，有学生版和教师版。

In this project, a team at the University of La Verne is adapting its successful strategy for teaching junior-level cell biology laboratory, called Design Your Own Experiment (DYOE). It is now being combined with activities promoting scientific literacy and the course targeted to the sophomore-level. In response to increased enrollment, the class size has increased so that laboratory equipment must be shared. When not actively working with the equipment, students develop their skills in reading, writing, and speaking about topics in cell biology through journal club, critiquing and writing about the scientific literature and the students' own written scientific work, and preparing data for presentation. The approach is also being tested in a second course, Developmental Biology. The team is developing assessment instruments to evaluate the success of the combination of DYOE and literacy work in improving overall student learning. The model is likely to be attractive to many schools experiencing enrollment increases without a corresponding increase in resources. A tangible product of the project is a laboratory manual, customizable by the adopter, in both student and instructor editions.