Louder Than Words

物理学和环境技术课程的学生以前从讲座中对基本物理概念的理解很少。此外，在这些课程中，人为地将讲座和实验室分开，使实验室无法纠正讲座的概念缺陷。该系购置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到以活动为基础的教学方法中。教育署现正购置设备，以便设立多个电脑化的学生学习站。具体而言，它正在建立六个学习站，可用于在项目的第一年教授两个学期的微积分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，并可以将基于活动的教学引入两个环境技术课程-环境工程原理和高级水和废水操作。 *

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. *