Integrating the Electronic Desktop into the Natural Science and Mathematics Curriculum

科学课程本项目的战略是开发 课程和非传统的教学方法， 学习科学/数学的学生谁是：科学和数学 专业，教育专业和普通教育学生。的 目标是提高专业的保留率，准备有能力的 提高教师的科学技术素养 公民课程将提供一个高度可视化，用户- 友好的，基于计算机的学习环境CSLA的NeXT 25个彩色工作站的计算机实验室。语言障碍 南加州大学高度多样化多种族人口较少， 一个问题在一个互动的环境中，利用并排， 侧面图片，动画，视频，声音，图形，文字和 号码此外，技术，概念和示范， 过于昂贵、危险或不适合 传统的教学模式。教师从 生物学、化学、地质学和物理学将修改 介绍课程，包括科学方向，介绍 生物学，介绍化学，定量分析，环境 地质学、普通物理学和天文学。这些课程 变化将涉及100个数学，科学和工程 本科专业，100个教育专业，150个普通专业 每年教育学生。该项目还旨在激发 并指导其他教师关于直觉，吸引人， 很快掌握了电子桌面技术。评价将 通过外部审查和学生比较， 使用传统桌面与电子桌面的性能 技术.结果将通过出版物传播， 专业介绍和区域讲习班。

Sciences CurriculumThis project's strategy is to develop curricula and a non-traditional approach to teaching and learning of science/math for students who are: science and math majors, education majors, and general education students. The goals are to increase retention of majors, prepare capable teachers and increase the scientific and technical literacy of citizens. Courses will be offered in a highly visual, user- friendly, computer-based learning environment CSLA's NeXT computer lab of 25 color workstations. Language barriers for the highly diverse , multi-ethnic population of CSLA are less of a problem in an interactive environment utilizing side-by- side pictures, animations, videos, sounds, graphs, words and numbers. Also, techniques, concepts and demonstrations which are too expensive, dangerous or which do not lend themselves to traditional modes of instruction are taught. Faculty from Biology, Chemistry, Geology and Physics will modify introductory courses including Science Orientation, Intro Biology, Intro Chemistry, Quantitative Analysis, Environmental Geology, General Physics, and Astronomy. These curricular changes will involve 100 math, science and engineering undergraduate majors, 100 education majors, and 150 general education students annually. This project also seeks to inspire and instruct other faculty about the intuitive, appealing and quickly mastered electronic desktop techniques. Evaluation will be by external review and through comparison of student performance using traditional versus electronic desktop techniques. Results will be disseminated through publication, professional presentations, and regional workshops.