Update On Impec: An Integrated First Year Engineering Curriculum At N.C. State University
Update On Impec: An Integrated First Year Engineering Curriculum At N.C. State University
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Impec 更新：北卡罗来纳州立大学一年级综合工程课程
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1997
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H. Fuller
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R. Felder;R. Beichner;L. Bernold;E. E. Burniston;Philip R. Dail;H. Fuller
在成功联盟的赞助下，一项名为IMPEC(综合数学、物理、工程和化学课程)的新生工程综合课程在北卡罗来纳州立大学进行了为期三年的试点测试。在IMPEC的每个学期，学生们都要上一门微积分课程、一门科学课程(第一学期是化学，第二学期是物理)和一学分的工程学课程。该课程由一个由多学科教授组成的团队教授，采用传统授课和替代教学方法相结合的方式，包括合作学习、基于活动的课堂会议和广泛使用计算机模拟。课程的目标是为第一年的数学和科学课程中教授的基本材料提供动机和背景，为工程专业提供现实和积极的方向，以及与工程学校的成功相关的解决问题、学习和沟通技能的培训，并使个人具备成为终身学习者的能力。本文总结了项目评估和评估结果，并描述了将IMPEC的特点输出到常规一年级工程课程中的计划。
An integrated freshman engineering curriculum called IMPEC (Integrated Mathematics, Physics, Engineering, and Chemistry Curriculum) has undergone three years of pilot-testing at North Carolina State University under the sponsorship of the SUCCEED Coalition. In each semester of IMPEC, the students take a calculus course, a science course (chemistry in the first semester, physics in the second), and a one-credit engineering course. The curriculum is taught by a multidisciplinary team of professors using a combination of traditional lecturing and alternative instructional methods including cooperative learning, activity-based class sessions, and extensive use of computer simulations. The goals of the curriculum are to provide motivation and context for the fundamental material taught in the first-year mathematics and science courses, a realistic and positive orientation to the engineering profession, and training in the problem-solving, study, and communication skills that correlate with success in engineering school and equip individuals to be lifelong learners. This paper summarizes program assessment and evaluation results and describes plans to export features of IMPEC into the regular first-year engineering curriculum.