Computer Assisted Instruction in Undergraduate Mechanics

Triton学院正在开发一种计算机集成工程教室。计算机将主要用于三门力学课程的教学：静力学、动力学和材料强度。使用的软件将包括在学院编写和测试的软件以及商业软件，包括符号操纵器和特殊用途的结构分析程序。该教室最初将配备12台计算机，每台计算机两名学生。计算机将在课堂上使用，以便教师提高可视化技能，并允许学生解决需要改变几个参数的问题。学生们将被布置传统的家庭作业问题以及需要使用计算机的项目。对该项目的评估将通过一个测试数据库进行，该数据库是用之前的NSF拨款开发的。

Triton College is developing a computer-integrated engineering classroom. The computers will be used primarily for the teaching of three mechanics courses: Statics, Dynamics, and Strength of Materials. The software used will include software written and tested at the College as well as commercially available software including symbolic manipulasators and special purpose structural analysis programs. The classroom will initially be equipped with 12 computers, with two students per computer.The computers will be used during class time to allow the faculty to improve visualization skills as well as to allow students to solve problems which require the variation of several parameters. Students will be assigned traditional homework problems as well as projects which will entail the use of computers. Evaluation of the project will be performed via a test data bank, which was developed with a previous NSF grant.