Multimedia Discovery Environment for Learning Science & Math

最近的教育研究表明，传统的课堂教学方式是无效的。这些研究表明，要有效地学习，学生必须积极参与学习过程，并与材料接触。该系正在为科学和数学课程的教学创造一种新的环境，这种环境使用参与式和基于发现的学习方法。多媒体教室/实验室正在发展，以促进所有学生参与学习过程。这个教室配备了15台带有实验接口和视频投影设备的计算机工作站。课堂为每个学生提供了一个功能强大、灵活、生动、易用的计算机环境。学生在课堂上不仅仅是被动的观众，而是积极参与到令人兴奋的学习体验中。结果是更深入、更清晰的理解，更长的记忆，以及对学习更大的兴奋。学生正在成为教材的主人，而不是教材的奴隶。

Recent educational research has shown that the traditional lecture style of teaching is ineffective. These studies show that, to effectively learn, students must actively participate in the learning process and engage the material. The department is creating a new environment for teaching science and mathematics courses that uses a participatory and discovery-based approach to learning. A multimedia classroom/laboratory is being developed to facilitate the participation of all students in the learning process. This classroom is being equipped with 15 computer workstations with interfaces for experiments and video projection equipment. The classroom is providing a powerful, flexible, vivid, and easy-to-use computer environment for each student. Students are not being merely passive spectators in a lecture, but rather active participants in an exciting learning experience. The result is a deeper and clearer understanding, longer retention, and greater excitement about learning. Students are becoming masters of the material and not slaves to it.