Physics Education Research-based Reform at a Multicultural Institution

本项目是在一所多元文化城市大学的物理系调整和实施示范性的研究型教学策略。这个项目涉及到系里大部分年轻和未来的教员的参与。这个小组正在共同努力，在一个特别具有挑战性的环境中改变物理学入门的教学方式。该项目侧重于以学生为中心的策略和课程，以物理教育研究为基础，结合先进的教学技术，但这些都是为不同的受众开发的。大多数成功的改革策略需要学生之间以及学生与教师之间的重要互动。因此，适应需要小心，因为学生来自许多不同的文化，大多数人把英语作为第二语言。这个项目的智力价值在于使用物理教育研究的工具来系统地研究学生是如何学习的，并发展对多元文化背景下特定问题的理解。该项目在该部门和机构内产生了重大影响。此外，由于该学院是众多多元文化城市学院的代表，因此该项目在全国范围内产生了更广泛的影响

Physics (13) The project is adapting and implementing exemplary research-based instructional strategies in a physics department at a multicultural urban college. The project involves the participation of a large fraction of the young and future faculty in the department. The group is working together to change the way introductory physics is taught in a particularly challenging context. The project focuses on strategies and curricula that are student-centered, based on physics education research, and that integrate advances in instructional technology, but that were all developed for a different audience. Most of the successful reform strategies require significant interactions among students and between students and instructor. Therefore the adaptation requires care, since students come from many different cultures and most speak English as a second language. The intellectual merit of this project is in using the tools of physics education research to systematically study how students learn and to develop an understanding of issues specific to the multicultural context. The project is having a significant impact within the department and institution. In addition, this project making a much broader impact nationally because the college is representative of a large number of multicultural urban colleges