SPIRAL Physics Active Learning Workbooks

SPIRAL 物理主动学习手册

• 批准号: 9653228
• 负责人: Paul D'Alessandris
• 金额: $ 6.64万
• 依托单位: Monroe Community College
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1997
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1997-06-01 至 2000-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9653228&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SPIRAL; Physics; Active; Learning; Workbooks

In response to increasing evidence as to the ineffectiveness of the traditional introductory physics course at improving students' conceptual understanding of physics and problem-solving ability, a series of workbooks, SPIRALPhysics, have been developed and used in place of a standard textbook in the introductory physics course sequence at Monroe Community College (MCC) for the past several years. These workbooks, designed for use in an active learning environment, arrange topics such that students receive repeated exposure to concepts over an extended time interval, each time with an incremental increase in complexity. The workbooks make extensive use of alternative problem types, such as ranking tasks, goal-less problem statements, and critical analysis tasks. This project proposes the expansion and modification of the workbooks to make them a more attractive and viable alternative to traditional physics instruction at other institutions. In addition to the increased flexibility afforded by an expanded workbook series, support materials, including an instructor guide, student guide, and textbook, will be developed as part of the project. Revision of the workbooks and support materials will continue throughout the length of the project, under the supervision of an advisory committee drawn from both the two-year college physics community and the physics education research community. The project also gives special emphasis to community college students in Advanced Technological Education (ATE) programs to ensure that they are provided learning opportunities using the spiral notebooks.

为了应对越来越多的证据表明，传统的物理入门课程在提高学生的物理概念理解和解决问题的能力，一系列的工作簿，螺旋物理，已经开发和使用的地方，在物理入门课程序列的标准教科书在门罗社区学院（MCC）在过去的几年。这些练习册是为在积极的学习环境中使用而设计的，它们安排的主题使学生在较长的时间间隔内反复接触概念，每次都增加复杂性。工作簿广泛使用了替代问题类型，例如排名任务，无目标问题陈述和批判性分析任务。 该项目建议扩大和修改练习册，使其成为其他机构传统物理教学的更具吸引力和可行性的替代品。除了扩大的系列练习册所提供的更大的灵活性之外，作为该项目的一部分，还将编制辅助材料，包括教员指南、学生指南和教科书。在两年制大学物理界和物理教育研究界组成的咨询委员会的监督下，将在整个项目期间继续修订工作手册和辅助材料。 该项目还特别强调了社区大学学生在先进技术教育（ATE）计划，以确保他们提供学习机会，使用螺旋笔记本电脑。