Project Piedmont

该项目将开展研究来验证这一假设 当高中物理老师学习一个有指导的， 动手探究的方法来教学物理和应用这一点 对学生来说，学生会发展得更好 对物理学的理解， 科学 此外，这将导致学生 继续在以后的教育中学习科学 活动，也许开始从事科学事业。 的 研究将涉及一项双链研究， 教师参加了教师增强课程的学生 强调特殊技术的项目， 没有的老师。 这项研究将隔离和 量化指标，这些指标决定了 学生受到教师使用技术的影响 在教师培训班中发展起来的。 结果 将有助于指导教师增强的发展 程序. 该机构提供了30%的匹配， 国家科学基金会资助。

This project will carry out research to test the hypothesis that when high school physics teachers learn a guided, hands-on inquiry approach to teaching physics and apply this to their students, the student will develop a better understanding of physics and become more interested in science. Furthermore this will result in students continuing to take science in their later educational activities and perhaps embarking upon science careers. The research will involve a double strand study comparing students whose teachers have taken teacher enhancement projects emphasizing special techniques with those whose teachers who have not. The research will isolate and quantify indicators which determine the extent to which students have been influenced by teachers using techniques developed in teacher enhancement workshops. The results will help guide the development of teacher enhancement programs. The institution is providing a 30% match to the NSF grant.