An Invitation to Biomathematics, expertly written by a team of experienced educators, offers students a solid understanding of solving biological problems with mathematical applications. Discovery-Based Learning in the Life Sciences is an invaluable guide for undergraduate instructors in the life sciences aiming to revamp their curriculum, inspire their students and prepare them for careers as educated global citizens.Įssential for all biology and biomathematics courses, this textbook provides students with a fresh perspective of quantitative techniques in biology in a field where virtually any advance in the life sciences requires a sophisticated mathematical approach. The book concludes with a reflection on four imperatives in life science research- climate, food, energy and health- and how we can use these laboratory experiments to address them. The chapters that follow address pedagogical goals and desired outcomes, incorporating discovery-based laboratory experiences, realistic constraints on such lab experiments, model scenarios, and alternate ways to enhance student understanding. The first chapter introduces the text, delving into the necessity of science education reform.
In eight chapters, the text guides undergraduate instructors in creating their own discovery-based experiments. Discovery-Based Learning in the Life Sciences presents a different way of organizing and developing biology teaching laboratories, to promote both deep learning and understanding of core concepts, while still teaching the creative process of science.
Science is more than just techniques, measurements and facts science is critical thinking and interpretation, which are essential to scientific research.
While canned laboratories and cook-book approaches to college science education do teach students to operate equipment, make accurate measurements and work well with numbers, they do not teach students how to take a scientific approach to an area of interest about the natural world. As a gateway science for many undergraduate students, biology courses are crucial to addressing many of the challenges we face, such as climate change, sustainable food supply and fresh water and emerging public health issues. Seller Inventory # B5545 13.For nearly a decade, scientists, educators and policy makers have issued a call to college biology professors to transform undergraduate life sciences education.
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Clearly-written and engaging activities emphasize the unity of all living things and the evolutionary forces that have resulted in, and continue to act on, the diversity that we see all around us.
Pendarvis ID: About the AuthorExploring Biology in the Laboratory is a comprehensive manual appropriate for one- or two-semester introductory general biology lab courses. Exploring Biology in the Laboratory second edition 2nd EditionAuthor: Murray P.