Laboratory Development for a Workshop Course in Introductory Physics

9451274我们将发展一个适合以“工作坊”形式教授入门物理的实验室，将传统物理课程的讲课、复习和实验室组成部分整合到一个学习环境中。该项目的目的是通过对30名学生进行试点计划，评估研讨会形式在大学环境中的可行性。如果成功，该计划将扩大到每年为大约900名理工科学生提供服务。我们将为实验室配备计算机，以运行综合统一物理学习环境(CUPLE)，这是一种由伦斯勒和其他大学开发的多任务、多媒体学习工具。CUPLE将提供(1)屏幕视频，帮助学生建立实验室实验；(2)通过视频技术和其他传统传感器获取数据；(3)各种数据分析、可视化和建模工具；以及(4)通过超链接访问文本、图形和视频信息数据库。硬件的多媒体软件和数据采集功能将使学生能够在小组学习作业、问题解决会议、实验室实验以及准备口头和书面报告方面进行合作。这些设备是互动、合作学习战略的重要组成部分，研讨会形式就是以此为基础的。

9451274 Roberge We will develop a laboratory suitable for teaching introductory physics in a "workshop" format, where the lecture, recitation, and laboratory components of a traditional physics course will be integrated into one learning environment. The purpose of the project is to assess the viability of the workshop format in a university setting, by conducting a pilot program for 30 students. If successful, the program will be scaled up to serve approximately 900 science and engineering students per year. We will outfit a laboratory with computers to run the Comprehensive Unified Physics Learning Environment (CUPLE), a multitasking, multimedia learning tool which was developed by Rensselaer and other universities. CUPLE will provide (1) on-screen videos to help students set up lab experiments; (2) data acquisition via video technologies and other traditional transducers; (3) a variety of tools for data analysis, visualization, and modeling; and (4) access via hyperlinks to databases of text, graphical, and video information. The multimedia software and data acquisition capabilities of the hardware will enable the students to work jointly on group learning assignments, problem solving sessions, laboratory experiments, and the preparation of oral and written presentations. The equipment is a vital component of the interactive, cooperative learning strategy on which the workshop format is based.