Exploring Technology: A Survey of Modern Technology for Majors and Non-Majors

探索技术：专业和非专业现代技术调查

• 批准号: 9354822
• 负责人: David McDonald
• 金额: $ 9万
• 依托单位: Lake Superior State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1993
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1993-12-15 至 1997-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9354822&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Exploring; Technology; Survey; Modern; Majors

9354822 McDonald This project improves student awareness of science and technology and increases the retention of freshman students. This goal requires a curriculum development process that creates a pilot course to provide a survey of modern technology. The pilot course leads to a permanent offering in engineering technology that will serve as an orientation course for technology students. The course also serves as a general education elective course to provide general students, including teacher education majors, with a survey of science in modern technology. The course uses active learning experiences as an orientation process to foster student success in technical careers. These learning experiences use motivational laboratory exercises to explore modern technology while improving the students' problem solving, communication, and study skills. These laboratory exercises present modern technology in automated manufacturing and robotics, computer-aided design and manufacturing, and electronics and computer technology. Women, Native American Indian, and undecided students are encouraged to enroll in the survey course. This course increases their technical literacy and encourage their pursuit of engineering and science related careers.

9354822麦当劳这个项目提高了学生的科技意识，增加了新生的留存率。这一目标需要一个课程开发过程，创建一个试点课程，以提供对现代技术的调查。这一试点课程将成为工程技术专业的永久课程，作为面向技术专业学生的入门课程。该课程还作为一门通识教育选修课，为普通学生，包括师范教育专业的学生，提供现代技术方面的科学调查。该课程使用积极的学习经验作为定向过程，以培养学生在技术职业生涯中的成功。这些学习体验使用激励性实验室练习来探索现代技术，同时提高学生解决问题、沟通和学习的技能。这些实验室练习展示了自动化制造和机器人技术、计算机辅助设计和制造以及电子和计算机技术方面的现代技术。鼓励妇女、美洲土著印第安人和尚未决定的学生参加调查课程。这门课程提高了他们的技术素养，鼓励他们追求与工程和科学相关的职业。