Facilitating Undergraduate Research Instruction with an Integrated Computer Network

心理学系强调研究，有一个必修的三门课程的研究顺序。目前手头的10台PC-AT计算机没有更新这一研究序列的软件或硬件。因此，学生没有足够的机会接触到当代研究的发展和完成。有了该奖项中的设备，这些PC计算机被连接到一个网络中，这使得使用面向实验的软件变得切实可行。除了网络外，还购买了硬件和软件，a)模拟理论模型和典型研究结果，b)在经典和当代实验中运行学生，以及c)允许学生使用这些计算机进行刺激演示、数据收集和分析，用于他们自己的独立研究项目。当地正在开发更多的课程材料。这个项目的结果将在专业会议上公布，并发布，以鼓励其他部门将计算机应用到本科教学中。该机构正在将NSF的拨款与同等数额的资金相匹配。

The Psychology Department emphasizes research and has a required three course research sequence. The ten PC-AT computers currently on hand do not have the software or hardware to update this research sequence. Therefore, the students do not have an adequate exposure to the development and completion of contemporary research. With equipment in this award, these PC computers are linked in a network which makes it practical to use experimentally oriented software. In addition to the network, hardware and software is being purchased that a) simulates theoretical models and typical research results, b) runs the students in classic and contemporary experiments, and c) allows students to use these computers for stimulus presentation, data collection and analysis for their own independent research projects. Additional course materials are being developed locally. Results of this project will be presented at professional meetings and published to encourage other departments to extend their use of computers into undergraduate instruction. The institution is matching the NSF grant with an equal amount of funds.