Integrating the Electronic Desktop into the Natural Science and Mathematics Curriculum

科学课程这个项目的战略是为以下学生开发课程和非传统的科学/数学教与学方法：科学和数学专业、教育专业和通识教育专业的学生。目标是增加专业的保留率，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、用户友好、基于计算机的学习环境中提供，CSLA的下一个计算机实验室由25个彩色工作站组成。对于CSLA高度多样化的多种族人口来说，在使用并排图片、动画、视频、声音、图形、文字和数字的互动环境中，语言障碍不是什么问题。此外，还教授过于昂贵、危险或不适合传统教学模式的技术、概念和演示。来自生物、化学、地质和物理的教师将修改入门课程，包括科学导向、生物学入门、化学入门、定量分析、环境地质学、普通物理和天文学。这些课程改革每年将涉及100个数学、理工科本科专业、100个教育专业和150个通识类学生。这个项目还试图启发和指导其他教员使用直观、吸引人和迅速掌握的电子桌面技术。评估将通过外部审查和通过比较学生使用传统桌面技术和电子桌面技术的表现来进行。结果将通过出版物、专业介绍和区域讲习班进行传播。

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.