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COVID-19和味道实验室:一个迷你基于课程的本科研究经验,研究味道差异和COVID-19易感性
Robert J Wickham1, Walter Adams2, Morgan J Hawker3
1Psychology Department, Lafayette College, Easton, PA 18042.
概括
一个新的基于迷你课程的本科研究经验 (迷你CURE) 称为COVID-19和味道实验室 (CT-LAB) 有效地教学生关于COVID-19易感性和味道遗传学,使用最小的资源和时间. 这个简短,低成本的实验室提高了内容知识,证明了迷你CUREs的价值.
科学领域:
- 生物教育教育 生物学教育
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
- 公共卫生 公共卫生
背景情况:
- 传统的基于课程的本科研究经验 (CUREs) 提供了真正的研究培训,但需要大量的机构资源和时间.
- 对于资源有限的机构来说,实施CUREs可能具有挑战性.
- 需要更短,资源高效的CUREs来扩大对研究培训的准入.
研究的目的:
- 开发和评估一个迷你CURE,COVID-19和味道实验室 (CT-LAB),以确定其可行性和对学生学习的影响.
- 调查味道遗传与COVID-19易感性之间的关系.
- 评估简短,低成本的CURE在改善学生成绩方面的有效性.
主要方法:
- 开发了CT-LAB,一种需要最小资源 (0.05美元/学生) 和时间 (两个课程) 的小型CURE.
- 学生们进行了一项全班研究,检查了口味状态 (非品尝者,品尝者,超级品尝者) 和COVID-19易感性之间的联系.
- 进行了前后测试,评估内容知识,STEM身份和对科学的态度.
主要成果:
- 在参加CT-LAB后,学生表现出更好的内容测试成绩.
- 在学生的STEM身份或对科学的态度上没有观察到任何显著的变化.
- 在CT-LAB中,CT-LAB在与实验室相关的特定技能发展方面,显示了与传统CURE相比的好处.
- 与品尝者和超级品尝者相比,非品尝者表现出更高的前期COVID-19阳性测试率.
结论:
- 像CT-LAB一样,迷你CUREs可以在资源有限的环境中有效实施.
- 即使是短暂的研究经验 (两个课程),也可以显著提高学生的内容知识.
- 该CT-LAB提供了一个可行的模型,用于将真实的研究整合到本科课程中,将遗传学与公共卫生联系起来.
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