Research-Based Upper-Division Instructional Physics Laboratory Using Building-Block Instrumentation

使用积木式仪器的研究型高年级教学物理实验室

• 批准号: 9751507
• 负责人: John Essick
• 金额: $ 5.9万
• 依托单位: Reed 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: 1997-05-01 至 2000-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9751507&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Research; Based; Upper; Division; Instructional

For many years, the Physics Advanced Laboratory course at Reed College did not fulfill its goal of familiarizing junior-level students with the concerns of contemporary experimental physics research. Rather than a systematic introduction to experimental research, it was chiefly an advanced electronics course. The faculty have recently redesigned the Advanced Laboratory to (1) more effectively expose junior-level physics majors to the concerns and techniques of modern experimental physics research, (2) develop students' skills as autonomous researchers, and (3) construct an instructional laboratory in a cost-effective manner. The laboratory consists of flexible, component-based research stations that can be configured for both guided experiments that model well-designed research projects, and, with alterations to the experimental parameters, independent student projects. In order to broaden the scope of the Advanced Laboratory, resources for experiments in astronomy and radio astronomy are being added. There is a growing consensus that research-based science curricula, involving hands-on, investigative modes of learning, greatly aid the development of scientific maturity in undergraduate students.

多年来，里德学院的物理高级实验室课程没有实现让初级学生熟悉当代实验物理研究的目标。它主要是一门高级电子学课程，而不是对实验研究的系统介绍。教员们最近重新设计了高级实验室，以(1)更有效地让初级物理专业的学生接触现代实验物理研究的关注和技术，(2)发展学生作为自主研究人员的技能，以及(3)以具有成本效益的方式建设教学实验室。该实验室由灵活的、基于组件的研究站组成，既可以配置用于模拟精心设计的研究项目的指导性实验，也可以配置用于更改实验参数的独立学生项目。为了扩大高级实验室的范围，正在增加天文学和射电天文学实验的资源。越来越多的人达成共识，认为研究性科学课程，包括实践和研究性学习模式，极大地帮助本科生发展科学成熟度。