University Versatile Eclectic Introductory Laboratory

大学多功能折衷主义入门实验室

• 批准号: 9552156
• 负责人: Thomas Coan
• 金额: $ 5.38万
• 依托单位: Southern Methodist University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1995
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1995-06-15 至 1999-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9552156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: University; Versatile; Eclectic; Introductory; Laboratory

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.

本课程旨在让学生在物理入门实验室中，透过自己的探索，揭开物理的奥秘。大学多功能折衷入门实验室（揭开）课程结合了当前几种最有效的实验教学方法，设计成一门课程，以满足医学预科学生和科学/工程学生的需求，他们在实验室的各个部分混合在一起；(2)利用技术既教授物理又向学生介绍专业水平的设备；(3)运用成功的教学法，最大限度地提高对物理的理解。计算机和自我发现教学法允许一个多功能实验室，学生在同一个房间可以进行不同的实验。揭开结合苏格拉底指导，自我发现，计算机技术和建模方法，以创造更有效的实验室环境。所选择的设备和软件在很大程度上可以被两组学生使用，每组都进行一些专门定制的实验。使用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、Mathematica等软件。实验课是这样一门课，学生们在实验手册的帮助下，可以选择合适的设备并设计一个实验（在老师和助教的苏格拉底式指导下）来检验这个主题。利用计算机，学生获取数据或输入人工获取的数据，绘制图表，并查看物理现象的计算机建模。