Integrating the Electronic Desktop into the Natural Science and Mathematics Curriculum

科学课程这个项目的策略是为科学和数学专业、教育专业和通识教育专业的学生开发课程和非传统的科学/数学教学方法。其目标是增加专业的保留，培养有能力的教师，提高公民的科学技术素养。课程将在一个高度可视化的、用户友好的、基于计算机的学习环境中进行，CSLA的NeXT计算机实验室有25个彩色工作站。在使用并排的图片、动画、视频、声音、图形、文字和数字的互动环境中，语言障碍对高度多样化、多民族的CSLA人口来说不是一个问题。此外，还教授过于昂贵、危险或不适合传统教学模式的技术、概念和示范。生物学、化学、地质学和物理学的教授将修改包括科学导论、生物学导论、化学导论、定量分析、环境地质学、普通物理学和天文学在内的入门课程。每年将有100名数学、理工科本科学生、100名教育专业学生、150名通识教育学生参加此次课程改革。这个项目也寻求启发和指导其他教师关于直观的、吸引人的和快速掌握的电子桌面技术。评估将通过外部审查，并通过使用传统和电子桌面技术比较学生的表现。研究结果将通过出版物、专业报告和区域讲习班传播。

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.