Creating a Community of Peer Instruction Users: Dissemination and Electronic Resources

科学教育研究人员已经确立，学生在积极参与时学习最多。然而，教授本科科学课程的主要形式是被动的讲座形式，这已被证明对帮助学生发展连贯的知识体系贡献不大。让学生参与大型讲座的一种既定方法是在简短的讲座中穿插概念性问题，称为概念测试，旨在挑战学生思考基本概念并获得解释其想法的实践。尽管全国各地许多学科的数百名教师已经在使用这种称为同伴教学的策略，但大多数讲师仍然遵循传统的被动式讲座形式。在这个项目中，该小组通过开发一套相关的互联网实用程序，并招募和支持更多的同伴教学教师，使同伴教学更容易实施。该项目的目标是在全国范围内介绍物理课程的教师和学生，其可交付成果包括一个扩大的概念测试数据库，用于检索这些概念测试的实用程序，在线测试设施和学生支持设施。

Physics (13) It has been well established by science education researchers that students learn most when actively engaged. The predominant form for teaching undergraduate science classes, however, is the passive lecture format, which has been shown to contribute little to help students develop a coherent body of knowledge. One established way to engage students in large lectures is to intersperse brief lectures with conceptual questions, called ConcepTests, which are designed to challenge students to think about the fundamental concepts and gain practice explaining their ideas. Although hundreds of faculty around the country in many disciplines are already using this strategy, called Peer Instruction, most lecturers continue to follow the traditional passive lecture format.In this project the group is making Peer Instruction easier to implement, by developing a suite of related Internet utilities and recruiting and supporting additional faculty for Peer Instruction. The deliverables of this project, which is aimed at instructors and students in introductory physics courses nationwide, include an expanded database of ConcepTests, utilities for retrieving these ConcepTests in class-ready format, on-line testing facilities, and supporting facilities for students.