Computer Engineering Course for K-12 Teachers Assisted by First-Year ECE Undergrads

将设计一门二年级水平的课程，在高度互动、动手的环境中，采用主动、合作的学习方法，向职前科学和数学教师介绍计算机工程基础知识。与现有的努力合作，它也将适应以吸引在职教师寻求科学或数学教育硕士学位。它将说明如何使用基于微处理器的微型数据采集系统和机器人技术来创建项目，展示满足缅因州学习结果和其他国家教育标准的物理和数学概念。这些材料将在网上发布。这项工作的一个独特方面将是招聘和参与荣誉级别的一年级电气和计算机工程和学前教育学院的学生，以帮助开发课程内容，将感兴趣的中学生和高中生。在职教师将参与有效地向未来的科学和数学教师传达工程材料的教学法的发展。该项目将引入科学和数学的工程应用，并为First Robotics， FirstLego League， Bot Ball等非正式科学创新与课堂环境之间提供桥梁。然而，对工程院校来说，主要的好处将是在K-12基础设施的科学/数学基础设施中应用和强调工程概念。通过这门课程，职前教师和在职教师将具备阐述工程原理的工具，以及它们如何与传统科学和数学课程中通常教授的概念联系起来。

A sophomore-level course will be designed that introduces computer engineeringfundamentals to pre-service science and math teachers in a highly interactive, hands-onenvironment, using active, cooperative learning methods. In cooperation with existingefforts, it will also be adapted to appeal to in-service teachers seeking a Masters degree inscience or math education. It will illustrate how to use microprocessor based, mini-dataacquisition systems, and robotics to create projects demonstrating physics and mathconcepts satisfying the Maine Learning Results and other national education standards.These materials will be distributed over the web.A unique aspect of this effort will be the recruitment and engagement of honors-levelfirst-year Electrical and Computer Engineering and pre-service College of Educationstudents to help develop curricular content that will interest middle and high schoolstudents. In-service teachers will be included in the development of pedagogy thatefficiently conveys the engineering material to future science and math teachers.This project will introduce the engineering application of science and math, as well asproviding a bridge between such informal science innovations as First Robotics, FirstLego League, Bot Ball, etc. and the classroom environment. The major benefit, however,to the engineering establishment will be the application of and emphasis on engineeringconcepts to the science/math K-12 infrastructure. Through this course, pre-service andin-service teachers will be equipped with the tools to illustrate engineering principles andhow they relate to concepts normally taught in conventional science and math courses.