Training Non-Majors in the Processes of Science:  A Plan forLaboratory Education
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This award provides funds to purchase equipment for the                         Department of Biology at Clemson University.   The first semester               laboratory for freshman non-science majors in biology will be                   converted to an investigative format in which students plan and                 execute original experiments rather than following directions in                laboratory manuals.  Biology educators generally endorse the                    concept of investigative laboratories, but implementing an                      investigative format entails numerous difficulties.  This                       department plans to solve these long-standing problems by a                     combination of wetlab experiments and an aquaculture computer                   simulation called FISHFARM.  They will develop videotape "methods               modules" to address the FISHFARM which will allow students to                   construct a coherent program of experiments and give them the                   confidence and higher-order process skills to attack big, multi-                factor problems.                                                                                                                                                In September of 1987, the Fund for the Improvement of Post-                     Secondary Education (Department of Education) funded all aspects                of this project except equipment.  This award will provide funds                to purchase computers and videocassette players to fully                        implement the investigative laboratory curriculum.  The grantee                 institution is matching this NSF award with funds from non-                     Federal sources.
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{'Code': '9120', 'Text': 'CROSS-DIRECTORATE PROGRAMS'}
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