Problem Solving in Quantitative Science: Practical Instruction and Cognitive Models

主要研究者将进行研发 该项目将把过去的实验室研究转化为 实际相关的指导。 他们的目标是：（1） 发展理论上的，但实际上有用的方法 和材料，用于教学有效解决问题， 基础物理的原型领域;（2）增加 理解学习所需的认知过程 解决问题;（3）以研究为基础 问题解决教学设计指南 其他定量科学。 努力将使用 交互式教学方法，明确地教一个 解决问题的一般策略，组织良好的知识 基础，以及决策和检查过程， 运用战略。 教学方法，材料， 和基础理论模型将累积 通过一系列教学实验进行改进， 从小规模的研究扩展到课堂环境。 在这些学生将详细观察，数据 分析（部分通过计算机建模）以阐明 潜在的学习困难， 系统地用于修改教学方法。 将制作教学材料原型 提供给教师和其他研究人员。

The Principal Investigators will conduct an R and D project that will translate past laboratory studies into practically relevant instruction. Their goals are: (1) to develop theoretically based, but practically useful methods and materials for teaching effective problem solving in the prototype domain of basic physics; (2) to increase understanding of the cognitive processes needed to learn such problem solving; and (3) thus to develop research-based guidelines for designing problem-solving instruction in other quantitative sciences. The effort will use interactive instructional methods to teach explicitly a general problem-solving strategy, a well-organized knowledge base, and the decision and checking processes needed to apply the strategy. The instructional methods, materials, and underlying theoretical models will be cumulatively improved by a sequence of instructional experiments, extending from small-scale studies to classroom contexts. In these the students will be observed in detail, the data analyzed (partially by computer modeling) to elucidate underlying learning difficulties, and the results systematically used to revise the instructional approach. Prototype instructional materials will be produced and made available to teachers and other researchers.