Dual Pathway Introductory Laboratory with Introduction to Technical Writing

技术写作导论这个项目旨在显著改善圣安瑟姆学院的介绍性物理实验室。它有两个具体的目标：1)新的实验集允许工程专业的学生和生物专业的学生遵循不同的路径，每一个适合个人后来的学术和专业重点；2)新的计算机设备，包括硬件和软件，使数据处理和数据分析成为新的和更现代的重点，同时特别注意技术写作技巧。导论物理实验室是一个综合实验室，它处理以微积分为基础的课程（工程和化学学生）和以代数为基础的课程（生物学生）的学生。新的双路径概念使工程专业的学生接触到处理材料特性、空气动力学和斯特林发动机的实验。生物学的学生遵循的轨道旨在实现x射线特性的坚实基础。新的计算机设备装备了一套已经存在的房间，学生们聚集在这里学习，进行实验前和实验后的工作。实验室报告在内容和形式上都强调现代技术交流技巧。

Introduction to Technical WritingThis project is designed to significantly improve the introductory physics laboratory at Saint Anselm College. It has two specific aims: 1) new sets of experiments allow engineering students and biology students to follow distinct pathways, each suited to the later academic and professional emphases of the individual; and 2) new computer facilities, both hardware and software, allow a new and more modern emphasis on data processing and data analysis, together with special attention to technical writing skills. The introductory physics laboratory is a combined one - it handles students from the calculus-based course (engineering and chemistry students) and from the algebra based course (biology students). The new two-path concept exposes engineering students to experiments dealing with properties of materials, aerodynamics, and the Stirling engine. The biology students follow a track intended to achieve a firm grounding in x-ray properties. The new computer facilities equip an already existing suite of rooms where students gather for study, and pre- and post-lab work. The laboratory reports stress modern technical communications skills, both as to content and form.