Teaching Laboratories in Mathematics and Astronomy

数学和天文学教学实验室

• 批准号: 9850686
• 负责人: Harold Hastings
• 金额: $ 4.85万
• 依托单位: Hofstra University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1998
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1998-06-01 至 2001-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9850686&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Teaching; Laboratories; Mathematics; Astronomy

Hofstra University proposes to enhance the science education of non-majors, and especially prospective K-12 teachers by constructing a dedicated Teaching Laboratory for the Departments of Mathematics and Physics (which includes Astronomy). The laboratory will serve 820 students enrolled annually in the courses "Mathematical Excursions" and "Explorations in Mathematics" (MATH 12 and 16), 625 students enrolled annually in the courses "The Solar System" and "Stars and Galaxies" (ASTR 11 and 12) and an anticipated 120 students enrolled annually in a new course "Models and Algorithms" (MATH 13, provisional title) to be developed with support from this project. The major thrust of this proposal is to involve students actively in learning major concepts and methodologies of both mathematics and astronomy: the processes of observation, discovery, description (as rules or algorithms) and verification. Some topics will be studied in both mathematics and astronomy; in which case the treatment in each course will be self-contained, but connections between the disciplines will also be explored. The proposed Teaching Laboratory will include 18 networked high-end PC's together with an instructor station, projector and printers serving instructional needs in all of the affected courses and PC-based CCD cameras to be attached to existing telescopes to facilitate gathering data for later analysis in Astronomy 11 and 12. The proposed Teaching Laboratory will complement several existing open-access laboratories located throughout Hofstra's campus. This project is expected to improve instruction both locally and nationally, the latter through dissemination of class materials and results via professional meetings and journals, as well as courseware on Hofstra University's world wide web site.

霍夫斯特拉大学建议通过为数学和物理系（包括天文学）建立一个专门的教学实验室来加强非专业，特别是未来K-12教师的科学教育。该实验室每年将为820名学生提供“数学旅行”和“数学探索”课程的服务（数学12和16），每年有625名学生参加“太阳系”和“恒星和星系”课程。（ASTR 11和12），预计每年有120名学生参加新课程“模型和算法”（数学式13，暂定标题）将在本项目的支持下开发。该建议的主旨是让学生积极参与学习数学和天文学的主要概念和方法：观察，发现，描述（作为规则或算法）和验证的过程。一些主题将在数学和天文学研究;在这种情况下，在每门课程的治疗将是独立的，但学科之间的联系也将进行探讨。拟议的教学实验室将包括18台联网的高端个人电脑，以及一个教师站、投影仪和打印机，以满足所有受影响课程的教学需要，并将基于个人电脑的CCD摄像机连接到现有的望远镜上，以便于收集数据，供天文学11和12的后期分析。拟议的教学实验室将补充位于整个霍夫斯特拉校园现有的几个开放式实验室。预计该项目将改善地方和国家的教学，后者将通过专业会议和期刊以及霍夫斯特拉大学万维网网站上的课件传播课堂材料和成果。