Collaborative Project: Research-Based Laboratories for Introductory Physics

合作项目：物理学入门研究实验室

• 批准号: 0341333
• 负责人: Stephen Kanim
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: New Mexico State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2004
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2004-05-15 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0341333&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Collaborative; Project; Research; Based; Laboratories

Tutorials in Introductory Physics is a research-based curriculum that has been demonstrably effective at improving students' conceptual understanding when introduced in lieu of a standard recitation section in the introductory calculus-based course. The project is creating a set of fifteen laboratories, some of which are based on Tutorials. Others are based on new and existing research into student understanding of three areas: conservation of energy and momentum, vectors, and torque and rotation. The laboratories then undergo an iterative development cycle of research, evaluation, and implementation and are being tested at 6 universities that serve diverse student populations. The intellectual merit of this project includes goals to (1) contribute to efforts to understand the needs of different student populations; (2) widen the impact of research-based curriculum, improving the introductory physics course on a national scale; (3) build upon proven curricular materials; and (4) develop assessment instruments for specific topics that are currently inadequately addressed by existing instruments. The broader impact of this project is to (1) broaden the research base for effective curriculum development in introductory physics; (2) disseminate the results of research on the teaching and learning of physics; (3) model effective laboratory pedagogy to physics faculty and teaching assistants; (4) serve women, underrepresented minorities, and persons with disabilities with aspirations for careers in science-related fields; and (5) provide a laboratory experience involving the process of scientific inquiry.

物理学入门教程是一门基于研究的课程，在代替基于微积分的入门课程中的标准背诵部分时，在提高学生概念理解方面已被证明是有效的。 该项目正在创建一组包含 15 个实验室的实验室，其中一些实验室基于教程。 其他的则基于学生对三个领域的理解的新的和现有的研究：能量和动量守恒、矢量、扭矩和旋转。 然后，这些实验室将经历研究、评估和实施的迭代开发周期，并正在为不同学生群体提供服务的 6 所大学进行测试。 该项目的智力价值包括以下目标：(1) 努力了解不同学生群体的需求； （2）扩大研究型课程的影响，在全国范围内改进物理入门课程； (3) 以经过验证的课程材料为基础； (4) 针对目前现有工具未能充分解决的特定主题制定评估工具。该项目更广泛的影响是（1）拓宽物理入门课程有效开发的研究基础； (2) 传播物理教学的研究成果； (3) 为物理教师和助教建立有效的实验室教学模型； (4) 为有志于科学相关领域职业的妇女、代表性不足的少数群体和残疾人提供服务； (5) 提供涉及科学探究过程的实验室经验。