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Integrating undergraduate laboratories into the curriculum.
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Burnett, Louis |
| Copyright Year | 1991 |
| Abstract | Developing a curriculum that integrates laboratory, field, and nonlaboratory experiences requires solid planning, cooperation, and compromise among the faculty members in a department. This is especially true for laboratory experiences where basic skills and familiarity with the different groups of plants and animals carry over to upper-division courses. In an introductory Principles of Biology laboratory, for example, exercises can be designed to give students a clear idea of a statistical distribution and the consequences of random molecular motion. Both concepts are used in nearly all upper-division courses to some extent. Some important but "mechanical" features of courses within a curriculum, such as adopting within the department a single format for writing a scientific paper, will go a long way in tying together different laboratory experiences. Other similar but simpler ideas are to develop appendexes to laboratory exercises that can be used in introductory and upper-division courses, e.g., how to do dilutions, the use of SI units, etc. The latter may be a good way to stimulate departments to think more carefully about continuity and consistency in the design of the overall curriculum. Continuity of instruction from lower-division to upper-division courses and among upper-division courses requires communication between instructors at all levels. |
| Starting Page | 477 |
| Ending Page | 493 |
| Page Count | 17 |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| DOI | 10.1152/advances.1991.260.6.S25 |
| PubMed reference number | 2058753 |
| Journal | Medline |
| Volume Number | 260 |
| Issue Number | 6 |
| Part | 3 |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://advan.physiology.org/content/ajpadvan/260/6/S25.full.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://burnettl.people.cofc.edu/research/pubs/Burnett,%20Integrating%20Laboratories,%20AJP%201991.pdf |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://doi.org/10.1152/advances.1991.260.6.S25 |
| Journal | The American journal of physiology |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
