Improving Undergraduate Instruction in the Fundamental Principles of Political Science and Sociology Through Computational Laboratories

9451430莱文这是该机构政治学系和社会学系联合开展的一个项目。这些系每学期总共教授约2500名学生，其中60%来自科学界代表性较低的人群。使用联网的微型计算机和当前的技术和软件。该项目旨在将计算实验室的使用范围扩大到统计和方法课程之外，以包括整个课程。此外，强烈鼓励本科生从事原创的、经验性的研究。还正在作出坚定的努力，使科学界代表性不足的人口相信，这些材料和技术对社会科学的理解和发展是有用的。

9451430 Levin This is a joint project by the Departments of Political Science and Sociology at the institution. Together, the departments teach about 2500 students per semester of whom 60 percent are from populations underrepresented in science. Networked microcomputers and current technology and software are used. The project is directed at expanding the use of the computational laboratories beyond statistics and methods courses to include the entire curriculum. Also, undergraduates are strongly encouraged to engage in original, empirical research. Determined efforts are also being made to convince populations underrepresented in science of the utility of these materials and technology for understanding and developing in the social sciences.