Louder Than Words

以前，物理和环境技术课程的学生对基本物理概念的理解很少。此外，在这些课程中，课堂和实验室的人为分离阻碍了实验室纠正课堂概念上的缺陷。该系购买了一台计算机和仪器接口设备，并开始重新设计物理课程，将讲座和实验室融合为以活动为基础的教学方法。正在购买设备，使该系能够建立一些计算机化的学生学习站。具体来说，它正在建立六个学习站，在项目的第一年，这些学习站可以用来教授两个学期的基于微积分的物理课程和一个学期的技术物理课程。在第二年，可以增加三个站点，并在环境工程原理和高级水与废水处理两门环境技术课程中引入基于活动的教学。＊

Students in physics and environmental technology courses previously gained little understanding of basic physical concepts from lectures. Furthermore, the artificial separation of lecture and laboratory in these courses has prevented the laboratory from rectifying the conceptual shortcomings of lecture. The department has purchased a single computer and instrumental interfacing equipment and has begun to redesign the physics courses by melding lecture and laboratory into an activity-based instructional approach. Equipment is being purchased to enable the department to set up a number of computerized student learning stations. Specifically, it is setting up six learning stations that can be used to teach a two-semester, calculus-based physics course and a one-semester, technical physics course during the first year of the project. In the second year, three more stations can be added and activity-based instruction can be introduced into two environmental technology courses Principles of Environmental Engineering and Advanced Water and Wastewater Operations. *