A Program to Improve Laboratory and Classroom Instruction ofan Undergraduate Social Science Curriculum

改善本科社会科学课程的实验室和课堂教学的计划该提案将使五个社会科学部门能够在1982年社会学系成功获得国家科学基金会LOCI资助的基础上继续发展。社会学系利用LOCI基金实施的课程将研究方法整合到整个课程的课程内容中。最近购买的笔记本电脑/视频投影系统允许这种成功的教育学扩展到大型入门课程的非专业。ILI赠款的资金将把这种教学法扩展到人类学、地理学、政治学和心理学等系。ILI的资金将建立一个30个工作站的社会科学计算机实验室，并采购更多的视频投影设备。该项目有强大的机构支持，学院的资金致力于计划的升级和更换所需的设备。

A Program to Improve Laboratory and Classroom Instruction of an Undergraduate Social Science Curriculum The proposal is for equipment which will allow five social science departments to build upon a successful National Science Foundation LOCI grant received by the Departmment of Sociology in 1982. The curriculum implemented in the Department of Sociology with the LOCI funds integrated research methos into the the content of courses spanning the entire curriculum. A recent purchase of a laptop computer/video projection system permittd this successful pedogogy to be expanded to non-majors in large introductory courses. Funds from this ILI grant would expand this pedagogy to the departments of anthroplogy, geography, political science and psychology. The ILI funds will create a 30 workstation social science computer laboratory and procure additional video projection equipment. The project has strong institutional support and College funds are committed to the planned upgrading and replacment of the requested equipment.