SCALE-UP (Student Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics)

大规模招生大学物理以学生为中心的活动（SCALE-UP）项目的主要目标是确定在大规模招生物理课程中建立高度协作、动手、计算机丰富、互动学习环境的最佳方式。我们从广泛的教育研究中了解到，学生应该合作完成有趣的任务，并积极地参与到他们正在学习的材料中。北卡罗莱纳州立大学的物理系在这类课程上取得了巨大的成功，现在他们想要“扩大”这种创新，这样那些选修大量工程物理课程的学生就能从中受益。该项目将授课和实验结合在一起，有多位讲师，因此它应该为问题提供一个经济的解决方案。该项目包括开发、评价和传播支持这种学习的新课程材料。SCALE-UP项目有可能从根本上改变大型学院和大学的物理教学方式。教学技巧应该足够普遍，以鼓励其他大型科学、工程和数学课程进行类似的改革。

The primary goal of the Student-Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics (SCALE-UP) Project is to determine the best way to establish a highly collaborative, hands-on, computer-rich, interactive learning environment in large-enrollment physics courses. We know from extensive educational research that students should collaborate on interesting tasks and be actively involved with the material they are learning. The physics department at North Carolina State University has had tremendous success with this type of course and would now like to "scale-up" the innovations so that students taking the large enrollment engineering physics courses can benefit. The project folds together lecture and lab with multiple instructors so that it should provide an economical solution to the problem. The project involves the development, evaluation, and dissemination of new curricular materials that will support this type of learning. The SCALE-UP Project has the potential to radically change the way physics is taught at large colleges and universities. The pedagogical techniques should be general enough to encourage similar reforms in other large science, engineering, and mathematics classes.