协同实验室 (CoLab):一个以研讨会为基础的本科研究经验,用于进入大学的学生
Adrian Wierzchowski1, Donald J Wink1, Hongyang Zhang1
1Department of Chemistry, University of Illinois at Chicago, 4500 Science and Engineering South, 845 W. Taylor Street, Chicago, IL 60607.
Journal of chemical education
|July 31, 2023
概括
STEM CoLab 计划使用基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 来增强早期大学化学学生的知识和技能. 这个新的夏季研讨会成功地整合了远程学习的 in-vitro 和 in-silico 研究方法.
科学领域:
- 化学教育 化学教育
- 生物化学 生物化学
- 计算化学计算化学
背景情况:
- 传统的本科化学实验室往往无法实现解决问题的教育目标,无法将宏观观观测与次微观现象联系起来.
- 基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 和非传统的夏季研讨会正在成为有效的教学替代方案.
- 需要早期大学课程来培养基础研究和演讲技巧.
研究的目的:
- 描述STEM CoLab计划,一个新的夏季研讨会,旨在增强本科化学学生的研究和演讲技能.
- 为入学的大学生实施CUREs原则,专注于基础化学知识和实验室技术.
- 适应远程学习环境的课程,包括体外和体内研究组件.
主要方法:
- 在STEM CoLab计划中,使用CUREs的原则来为新入学的新生提供服务.
- 学生从事2016年至2021年期间对各种化学现象的研究.
- 在2020-2021年期间,远程学习涉及一个带回家的套件,用于体外唾液氨酶研究和在基中基于计算机的可视化,使用PyMOL和对接工具对氨酶抑制剂相互作用.
主要成果:
- 该计划成功地为早期的本科生提供了研究和演讲技能的发展.
- 调整的远程学习方法有效地整合了体外和内方法.
- 2016-2021年的数据表明,该计划对学生的学习产生了持续的影响.
结论:
- 该STEM CoLab计划提供了一个成功的模型,用于将CUREs原则集成到早期本科化学教育中.
- 该计划适应远程学习,利用结合的体外和内方法,提供了一个可扩展和有效的教育经验.
- 这种方法提高了学生将实验室观测与分子层面的理解和计算建模联系起来的能力.
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