Making the Invisible Visible: A Learning Environment to Enhance Conceptual Understanding in Physics and Biology

圣地亚哥州立大学将在小学教师的物理和生物课程中创造一个学习环境，促进对科学现象的概念性理解。课堂环境将利用计算机和视盘学习工具帮助学生构建和监控他们自己的科学知识。该项目将制作的产品是：A)元认知技能练习册；B)物理和生物学的框架语义网络，用于教学生思考观察、证据和解释之间的联系；C)几个物理领域的视盘教程；D)与课堂活动有关的物理和生物图像的视盘；和e)指导未来的小学教师理解概念的策略。该大学的费用分摊将是NSF捐款的14%。

San Diego State University will create a learning environment in the physics and biology courses for elementary teachers that facilitates conceptual understanding of scientific phenomena. The classroom environment will utilize computer and videodisc learning tools to help students construct and monitor their own scientific knowledge. The products to be produced by the project are: A) a metacognitive skills workbook; B) skeletal semantic networks in physics and biology for use in teaching students to think about the links between observation, evidence, and interpretation; C) videodisc-based tutorials in several areas of physics; D) a videodisc of physics and biology images relevant to classroom activities; and E) strategies for teaching prospective elementary teachers for conceptual understanding. The University's cost sharing will be 14% of NSF's contribution.