Physics Learning Laboratory

该项目为初级和中级物理实验课配备了一个学习实验室，以鼓励学生积极参与学习过程。学生们对在导论课程中使用“自己计划”的实验项目很感兴趣。这种方法使他们与材料接触，并增加了对所涵盖的材料和解决问题的科学方法的理解。正在购买的设备包括两个设备齐全的386计算机工作站，每个工作站都有通用AID转换器和各种探头；计算机控制的视频光盘系统；两个摄像机和两个电脑辅助录像带播放器。该设备将使该系能够扩展“自主计划”的理念，将其扩展到物理专业的中级实验课程，增加学生可以做的实验范围，并使他们接触到现代仪器和当前数据采集和分析的方法。美国国家科学基金会的拨款正与来自非联邦来源的资金相匹配。

This project is equipping a learning laboratory for the introductory and intermediate level physics laboratory classes which will encourage active participation by students in the learning process. Students have been enthusiastic about the use of "own-plans" lab projects in the introductory courses. This approach has led to their engagement with the material and to increased understanding both of the material covered and of the scientific approach to problem solving. The equipment being acquired includes two fully equipped 386-based computer workstations, each with general purpose AID converter and various probes; a computer-controlled videodisc system; two video cam-corders and two computer-assisted video-tape players. This equipment will enable the department to expand on the "own-plans" idea, extending it to the intermediate laboratory courses for physics majors, increasing the range of experiments students can do, and exposing them to modern instrumentation and current methods of data acquisition and analysis.NSF grant funds are being matched with funds from non-federal sources.