Development of a Laboratory for Computational Physics, Geology, and Mathematics

9452597 Loxsom将修订物理、地质学和数学的普通课程、入门课程和高级课程，以便它们引入和使用一套通用的计算软件工具，作为其教学活动的组成部分。这一开发过程将力求复制修订物理实验室课程(包括普通课程、入门课程、高级课程和研究课程)所取得的成功，以便它们现在以系统和连贯的方式引入和使用一套数据获取和数据分析软件工具(Lab view、Kaleidaggraph和IGOR)。在这里描述的项目中，我们将使用五个计算工具：模拟程序包(Stella)、统计程序包(Mini Tab)、数值计算程序(Mat Lab)、符号代数程序包(MATHEMICA)和编程语言(C++)。我们将把这些课程整合到各级的物理、地质和数学课程中。所有三个系参与研究的学生都将使用这些软件工具。该项目的一个主要成果是，物理、地质和数学专业的教职员工和学生将分享改善科学教育的想法。

9452597 Loxsom The general curriculum, introductory, and upper division courses in physics, geology and mathematics will be revised so that they introduce and use a common set of computational software tools as an integral part of their instructional activities. This development process will seek to duplicate the success achieved by the revision of laboratory courses in physics (including general curriculum, introductory, upper division and research courses) so that they now introduce and use, in a systematic and coherent manner, a set of data-acquisition and data analysis software tools (Lab VIEW, Kaleidagraph, and IGOR). In the project described here we will use five computational tools: a simulation package (STELLA), a statistical package (Mini tab), a numerical calculation program (Mat Lab), a symbolic algebra package (Mathematica) and a programming language (C++). We will integrate these packages into the physics, geology and mathematics curricula at all levels. Students involved in research in all three departments will use these software tools. A major outcome of the project is that the faculty and students in physics, geology and mathematics will share ideas for improving science education.