Laboratory Development for a Workshop Course in Introductory Physics

物理学入门研讨会课程的实验室开发

• 批准号: 9451274
• 负责人: Wayne Roberge
• 金额: $ 3.04万
• 依托单位: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451274&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Laboratory; Development; Workshop; Course; Introductory

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.

9451274 Roberge我们将开发一个适合以“工作坊”形式教授物理入门的实验室，在那里，传统物理课程的讲课、背诵和实验组成部分将被整合到一个学习环境中。该项目的目的是通过对30名学生进行试点方案，评估讲习班形式在大学环境中的可行性。如果成功，该项目将扩大规模，每年为大约900名理工科学生提供服务。我们将为一个实验室配备计算机，以运行综合统一物理学习环境（CUPLE），这是一种多任务多媒体学习工具，由伦斯勒和其他大学开发。CUPLE将提供(1)屏幕视频，帮助学生设置实验室实验；(2)通过视频技术和其他传统传感器进行数据采集；(3)各种数据分析、可视化和建模工具；(4)通过超链接访问文本、图形和视频信息数据库。多媒体软件和硬件的数据采集能力将使学生能够共同完成小组学习任务、解决问题、实验室实验以及准备口头和书面报告。这些设备是互动、合作学习策略的重要组成部分，而工作坊的形式正是基于这些策略。