Investigative, Laboratory-based Courses for an Urban Community College

（89）一个多学科的教师团队正在修改现有的社会科学基础课程，通过整合将在计算机实验室实施的强调研究性、基于推理的学习经验的模块。这些课程共同加强了昆士兰社区学院（QCC）学生，特别是教师教育学生的科学和数学基础学习经验，并作为通往更高水平课程的桥梁。我们正在修改课程，以使材料适合我们的学生。它们正在被重新设计，以方便，但具有挑战性，为2年的大学生。该项目正在修改心理学、经济学和社会学的基础课程。所选课程是我们大多数学生的核心要求的一部分，包括我们的教师预备课程。在心理学方面，我们正在调整和整合由美国国家科学基金会资助的马卡莱斯特学院心理学项目开发的观察程序。此外，对理解简单统计结构至关重要的基本概念是研究方法的核心，这些概念是由CyberGnostics公司（奖项9950671，“可视化统计：在线入门课程”，这是一个通过达克斯伯里出版社销售的基于网络的入门课程）进行的nsf支持项目的修改后纳入的。在社会学方面，我们正在整合旧金山州立大学城市研究系正在开发的新材料。项目负责人还为成绩较好的学生开设了一门跨学科的研究性课程，以促进对社会、经济和心理世界观与这些学科中的探究方法之间关系的进一步理解。新教材的有效性正在以多层次的方法进行评估，包括评估学生对概念的掌握程度、态度和自我效能的变化以及实施的广度。开发的材料还通过在纽约市立大学教师发展研讨会、纽约市立大学学科委员会和纽约市立大学网络社区的资源进行演讲来传播。教师们在特定学科的媒体上展示研究结果并撰写文章发表。

Social Sciences - Other (89) A multi-disciplinary team of faculty is modifying existing foundation courses in the social sciences, by integrating modules that emphasize investigative, reasoning-based learning experiences that will be implemented in a computer lab. These courses collectively strengthen science and mathematics based learning experiences for Queensborough Community College (QCC) students, especially teacher education students, and are serving as a bridge to higher level courses. Courses are being modified so that the material is appropriately tailored for our students. They are being redesigned to be accessible, yet challenging, for the 2-year college student. The project is modifying foundation courses in psychology, economics, and sociology. The courses selected are part of our core requirements for most students including those in our teacher preparation program. In psychology, we are adapting and incorporating observational procedures developed in an NSF-funded psychology project at Macalester College. Also, basic concepts crucial to understanding simple statistical constructs that are central to research methods are being incorporated with modifications from an NSF-supported project carried out by CyberGnostics, Incorporated (award 9950671, "Visualizing Statistics: An On-Line Introductory Course," a web-based introductory course marketed through Duxbury press). In sociology we are incorporating new materials being developed at San Francisco State University in the Urban Studies Department. The project directors are also developing an interdisciplinary, investigative course targeted for higher-achieving students in order to facilitate an heightened understanding of the relationship between the social, economic, and psychological worldviews and the methods of inquiry in these disciplines. The effectiveness of new materials is being evaluated in a multi-tiered approach, including an assessment of students' mastery of concepts, attitudinal and self-efficacy changes, and the breadth of implementation. The materials developed are also being disseminated through presentations at CUNY faculty development seminars, the CUNY-wide disciplinary councils and through the resources of the CUNY WEB-based community. Faculty are presenting findings and writing articles for publication in discipline-specific media.