Facilities, learning environments, curricula, pedagogy, community at
Grinnell foster "doing science"
Basic Approach at Grinnell
Engage students in science from introductory courses through upper-level
student-faculty scholarship
Workshop style common for many introductory courses and some later courses
Integrate lecture/discussion/lab work
Computer science, psychology, statistics: introductory courses meet in
single room that supports lecture, discussion, labs
Biology, some physics, some chemistry: introductory courses may reserve
both lecture area and labs at same time, flowing between the areas within a
class session, as the material dictates
Mathematics and other disciplines: introductory courses may involve both
individual and small-group work
Extensive mentoring/tutoring support structure for science
Mathematics Laboratory (director, peer tutors)
Science Teaching and Learning Center (director, mentors, tutors)
Course mentors for many introductory classes (peers help instructor in
classroom, hold review/help session)
