A fully integrated undergraduate introductory biology and chemistry course with a community‐based focus I: Vision, design, implementation, and development
| Autor: | Donald E. Elmore, Mala L. Radhakrishnan, Mona L. Hall, Adam G. W. Matthews, Melissa A. Beers, John W. Goss, Elizabeth S. C. Oakes |
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| Rok vydání: | 2021 |
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Community based
Structure (mathematical logic) Focus (computing) Universities Guiding Principles Community building Learning community Faculty Biochemistry Course (navigation) ComputingMilieux_COMPUTERSANDEDUCATION Humans Learning Engineering ethics Curriculum Chemistry (relationship) Students Biology Molecular Biology |
| Zdroj: | Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Education. 49:859-869 |
| ISSN: | 1539-3429 1470-8175 |
| Popis: | We describe a first-semester, integrated, introductory biology and chemistry course for undergraduates at Wellesley College in Wellesley, MA, USA. Our vision was to create a supportive learning community in which students could comfortably make connections between scientific disciplines as they learned necessary content for subsequent courses, further developed problem solving, communication, and laboratory skills, and meaningfully connected with other students and with faculty during their first semester in college. Through highlighting five guiding principles that are central to the course, we describe the integrated course structure and content as well as our efforts to build community, provide support, and engage students in building skills crucial to scientists. We also highlight features of this course and institutional policies that facilitated its logistical and collaborative implementation that can be adapted to fit the needs, goals, and constraints of a diverse range of institutions. A companion article describes an assessment of our course in achieving academic and community building goals. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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