University Versatile Eclectic Introductory Laboratory

本课程旨在通过教学生自主发现物理，在物理入门实验室向学生展示物理。大学通用折衷实验室(OPROIL)课程将当前最有效的几种实验室教学方法结合到一门课程中，旨在(1)满足医学预科学生和理工科学生的需求，他们在实验室的不同部分混合在一起；(2)使用技术教授物理并向学生介绍专业水平的设备；(3)采用成功的教学方法来最大限度地了解物理。计算机和自我发现教学法使一个多功能的实验室成为可能，学生可以在同一个房间里进行不同的实验。Oveil将苏格拉底指导、自我发现、计算机技术和建模方法结合在一起，创造了一个更有效的实验室环境。选择了两组学生基本上都能使用的设备和软件，每组都进行了一些专门定制的实验。使用了新开发的多功能物理实验室设备，以及Power Mac、LabVIEW数据采集软件、MATHEMICA和其他软件。实验室课程是这样一门课程，学生可以在实验室手册的武装下，选择合适的设备并设计实验(在教师和助教的苏格拉底指导下)来检查主题。通过计算机，学生获取数据或输入手动获取的数据，绘制图表，并查看物理现象的计算机建模。

This course is designed to unveil physics to students in introductory physics laboratory by teaching them to discover it on their own. The University Versatile Eclectic Introductory Laboratory (UNVEIL) course combines several of the most effective current laboratory teaching methods into one course designed to (1) meet the needs of both premedical students and science/engineering students who are mixed together in sections of lab; (2) use technology both to teach physics and to introduce students to professional-level equipment; (3) employ successful pedagogy to maximize physics understanding. Computers and self-discovery pedagogy allow for a versatile laboratory where students in the same room can perform different experiments. UNVEIL combines Socratic guidance, self-discovery, computer technology, and modeling methods to create a more effective lab environment. Equipment and software have been selected that can largely be used by both groups of students, with each group performing some specifically tailored experiments. Newly developed, versatile physics laboratory equipment, along with Power Macs, LabVIEW data acquisition software, Mathematica, and other software are used. The laboratory course is one in which students, armed with the laboratory manual, can select appropriate equipment and design an experiment (with Socratic guidance from the instructor and TAs) to examine the subject. With the computer, students acquire data or enter data acquired manually, plot graphs, and look at computer modeling of physical phenomena.