Development of Astronomical Observational Capabilities in the Undergraduate Physics/Astronomy Curriculum

物理（13）以学生为中心的活动大招生大学物理（规模）项目的主要目标是确定最佳方式建立一个高度协作，动手，计算机丰富，互动的学习环境在大招生物理课程。我们从广泛的教育研究中了解到，学生应该在有趣的任务上进行合作，并积极参与他们正在学习的材料。物理系在北卡罗来纳州州立大学已经取得了相当大的成功与小型和中型班教这种方式，现在正在寻找最好的方式来“扩大”的创新，使学生采取大招生工程物理课程可以受益。该项目是折叠在一起的讲座和实验室与多个教师的方式，应该提供一个经济的替代传统的讲座为导向的教学。该项目涉及支持此类学习的新课程材料的开发、评估和传播。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。教学方法应该足够普遍，以鼓励其他科学，工程和数学课程的类似改革。

Physics (13) 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 considerable success with small and intermediate-sized classes taught this way and is now searching for the best way to 'scale-up' the innovations so that students taking the large enrollment engineering physics courses can benefit. The project is folding together lecture and lab with multiple instructors in a way that should provide an economical alternative to traditional lecture-oriented instruction. 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 science, engineering, and mathematics classes.