CHED 81 |
| Effective science education must involve active learning, i.e., inquiry. Although inquiry-based science education has been recognized for decades, many curriculum materials are still emphasizing traditional labs. In our interdisciplinary introductory science courses, we developed “mini-journal” format lab papers starting from abstract through citations. In our Little Warm Pond and Little Warm Planet courses students have opportunities to experience real science inquiry activities as well as to figure out protocols and conclusions for their own experiments. Striking data from Student Assessment of Learning Gains proved this laboratory instruction an exciting success. Also, we hosted a summer institute where faculty and future faculty members were trained to design and implement these new lab materials. Through all the professional developments, models and analysis tools of these inquiry-based lab materials and instruction strategies were created that will benefit undergraduate science education and eventually help to develop a new science course at University of Missouri. |
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General Posters
7:30 PM-9:30 PM, Sunday, August 19, 2007 BCEC -- Exhibit Hall - B2, Poster
Division of Chemical Education |