Picturing to Learn: Making Visual Representations by and for Undergraduates - A New Approach to Teach Science and Engineering

通过绘画来学习：由本科生并为本科生制作视觉表示——科学与工程教学的新方法

• 批准号: 0410504
• 负责人: Felice Frankel
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Massachusetts Institute of Technology
• 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: 2004-09-01 至 2007-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0410504&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Picturing; Learn; Making; Visual; Representations

AbstractProposal 0410504Picturing to Learn: Making Visual Representations by and for Undergraduates - A New Approach to Teach Science and EngineeringMassachusetts Institute of TechnologyFelice FrankelComputer Science (31)This project develops of a new type of program for freshman and sophomores in science and engineering. Students collaborate in groups, with advice from senior scientists, engineers and graphics experts, and develop their own visual representations of ideas fundamental to specific courses and research. The dual emphasis on visualization and on explaining to others is the basis for a new form of teaching and learning that is both active (in the sense that it will require the students to formulate their own understanding and to explain to others) and different from the familiar verbal and mathematical explanations.The program adapts methods already available for visualization: animations, photographs, drawings, and illustrations. It relies on the interactive capability of computers, but also embraces the power of thinking and communicating in simple drawings, the latter being a universal yet underutilized tool in undergraduate teaching. The products of these explorations will primarily target the national undergraduate community, however the obvious benefits for the research community and for the public should not be underestimated.Intellectual Merit. This project builds a way to learn that uses one of the most highly developed of the human senses--appreciation of images--rather than the more familiar verbal and mathematical approaches, and emphasizes how:* The process of students' visually representing scientific concepts enhances their understanding,* Finding appropriate and communicative visual representations specific to particular concepts helps in exchanging information among disciplines,* Developing a visual vocabulary by undergraduates adds a new component to the education of researchers--learning to communicate science to the public.Broader Impact. This project has the potential to revolutionize the teaching of science and engineering, both to concentrators and to non-science undergraduates. It provides a new method of reaching women and under-represented groups, many of whom are interested in science and engineering but are intimidated by the conventional languages used in science education.

【摘要】从图像中学习：由本科生和为本科生制作视觉表征——科学与工程教学的一种新方法麻省理工学院felice FrankelComputer Science（31）本项目为理工科一年级和二年级学生开发一种新型课程。学生们在资深科学家、工程师和图形专家的建议下进行小组合作，并对特定课程和研究的基本思想进行自己的视觉表达。对可视化和向他人解释的双重强调是一种新的教与学形式的基础，这种形式既主动（在某种意义上，它要求学生形成自己的理解并向他人解释），又不同于熟悉的口头和数学解释。该程序适应了已经可用的可视化方法：动画，照片，图纸和插图。它依赖于计算机的交互能力，但也包含了简单绘图的思考和交流能力，后者是本科教学中普遍但未充分利用的工具。这些探索的成果将主要针对全国大学生群体，然而，对研究界和公众的明显好处不应低估。知识价值。这个项目建立了一种学习方法，使用人类最发达的感官之一——对图像的欣赏——而不是更熟悉的语言和数学方法，并强调如何：*学生用视觉表达科学概念的过程增强了他们的理解；*为特定概念找到合适的、可交流的视觉表达有助于在学科之间交换信息；*由本科生开发视觉词汇为研究人员的教育增加了一个新的组成部分——学习向公众传播科学。更广泛的影响。这个项目有可能彻底改变科学和工程的教学，无论是对专业人士还是对非科学本科生。它提供了一种接触妇女和代表性不足群体的新方法，其中许多人对科学和工程感兴趣，但被科学教育中使用的传统语言所吓倒。