Integrated, Interactive Learning Laboratory

综合互动学习实验室

• 批准号: 9451870
• 负责人: David Cartwright
• 金额: $ 2.37万
• 依托单位: Bucknell University
• 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: 1994-08-01 至 1997-01-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451870&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Integrated; Interactive; Learning; Laboratory

9451870 Cartwright The use of modeling for the description of physical, natural and societal systems is already well established. The increasing power of computers has allowed the "sophistication" of these models to change such that students can now perform calculations on models of a complexity not possible for students of a generation ago. These changes have made it increasingly important that students learn to assess the assumptions, validity and value of the models they use and it is important that the content and approach to current teaching reflects these changes. Furthermore the confidence to challenge and examine modeling assumptions and an awareness of the relationship between the model and the real system needs to be developed during the student's formative years at university. A new course "Exploring Engineering (EG100)", given to all freshman engineers in their first semester, and which is open to students in the college of Arts and Sciences, provides a unique opportunity to do this for large number of students. This can be further developed in the second semester in "Engineering Mechanics I (EG220)". To do this effectively with freshman level students requires a different approach to that used in the traditional laboratory or classroom situation. The advent of fast accurate personal computers supporting engineering analysis software enables this different approach. This project will develop an Integrated, Interactive Learning Laboratory (IILL) using a Macintosh platform running the LabView and Working Model software. This combination will be central to the IILL and will provide for a simple, adaptable and self-paced approach suited to a variety of learning styles. Integration of the model system and the real system will be achieved by having students use either LabView or Working Model to carry out "what if" experiments on the model, to gain understanding of, and assess, modeling assumptions, and then have them make experimental measurements for immed iate comparison with the model. The purpose of this will be to provide students with the opportunity to examine, simultaneously, the important connections and differences between real systems and the models that are made of these systems.

9451870 Cartwright 使用建模来描述物理、自然和社会系统已经很成熟。计算机能力的不断增强使这些模型的“复杂性”发生了变化，学生现在可以对上一代学生不可能完成的复杂模型进行计算。这些变化使得学生学会评估他们使用的模型的假设、有效性和价值变得越来越重要，并且当前教学的内容和方法反映这些变化也很重要。此外，在学生的大学成长过程中，需要培养挑战和检查建模假设的信心以及对模型与真实系统之间关系的认识。一门新课程“探索工程（EG100）”在第一学期向所有新生工程师开放，并向文理学院的学生开放，为大量学生提供了一个独特的机会。这可以在第二学期的《工程力学I（EG220）》中进一步发展。为了对新生水平的学生有效地做到这一点，需要采用与传统实验室或课堂情况不同的方法。支持工程分析软件的快速、准确的个人计算机的出现使这种不同的方法成为可能。该项目将使用运行 LabView 和工作模型软件的 Macintosh 平台开发一个集成的交互式学习实验室 (IILL)。这种组合将成为 IILL 的核心，并将提供一种简单、适应性强且自定进度的方法，适合各种学习风格。 模型系统与真实系统的集成将通过让学生使用 LabView 或工作模型对模型进行“假设”实验来实现，以了解和评估建模假设，然后让他们进行实验测量以立即与模型进行比较。 这样做的目的是为学生提供同时检查真实系统与由这些系统组成的模型之间的重要联系和差异的机会。