Modernization of the Physics Program at an Undergraduate Women's College

本科女子学院物理课程的现代化

• 批准号: 9851306
• 负责人: Charles Benesh
• 金额: $ 2.51万
• 依托单位: Wesleyan College
• 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: 1998-08-15 至 2000-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9851306&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Modernization; Physics; Program; Undergraduate; Women

This project will modernize equipment used in the instruction of physics and support a newly created physics minor program. It will provide not only instrumentation required to provide students with laboratory experiences in Modern Physics, but also to change the way physics is taught by incorporating collaborative and inquiry-based pedagogical methods into the introductory courses. To achieve the interrelated goals of creating and sustaining student interest in physics and improving student understanding of concepts in physics, we will implement a series of new laboratory exercises designed to actively engage students by providing them with immediate feedback through direct computer data acquisition and data analysis. This approach, which will be included in the introductory physics courses required of all science and mathematics majors as well as a new general education course in Cosmology, will significantly impact students' understanding and appreciation of the physical sciences. This project directly supports and extends new, inquiry-based curricula implemented in other disciplines within the Division of Natural Sciences and Mathematics beginning in 1994, which emphasizes hands-on and collaborative problem solving as a way of learning. Modernization in the instruction of physics will complement and balance recent advances in the experimentally-based study of biology and chemistry attained by the recent addition of modern equipment and laboratory experiences in these areas.

该项目将使物理教学中使用的设备现代化，并支持新创建的物理辅修课程。它不仅将提供为学生提供现代物理实验室经验所需的仪器，而且还将通过将协作和基于探究的教学方法纳入入门课程来改变物理学的教学方式。 为了实现创造和维持学生对物理的兴趣，提高学生对物理概念的理解的相互关联的目标，我们将实施一系列新的实验室练习，旨在通过直接计算机数据采集和数据分析为学生提供即时反馈，积极参与。这种方法将被纳入所有科学和数学专业的入门物理课程以及新的宇宙学通识教育课程，将极大地影响学生对物理科学的理解和欣赏。 该项目直接支持和推广自1994年起在自然科学和数学司内其他学科实施的新的、以探究为基础的课程，该课程强调动手和合作解决问题作为一种学习方式。 物理教学的现代化将补充和平衡生物学和化学实验研究的最新进展，这些研究是通过最近在这些领域增加现代设备和实验室经验来实现的。