Adapting and Implementing the SCALE-UP Approach in Statics, Dynamics, and Multivariate Calculus

(59-工程学：其他)克莱姆森大学的一个多学科教员团队正在努力提供更有效的静力学和动力学教学。他们的工作尤其是建立在另外两个由NSF资助的项目上。该项目正在开发合作学习活动，这些活动是对通过Statics开发的活动的补充：下一代，并使用以学生为中心的大型招生大学计划活动(扩大)模式提供这些活动，教授主要强调通过引导探究学习而不是通过倾听学习的大型工作室课堂。目前的授课方式正在进行重大修改，根据机械工程和土木工程专业学生的需要，将两门连续课程整合在一起。一项包括学习多元微积分练习的合作伙伴关系正在帮助学生传递知识，并对课程内容产生更强有力的理解。学生学习的改善是根据现有概念测试的标准化收益来衡量的。教师发展活动，包括研讨会和指导，正在培养一批正在学习设计和实施合作学习活动的教师干部。在大招生班级中对教师的指导有助于在整个课程中扩大这些教学方法的使用，本项目中开发的材料适用于其他大学的静力学和动力学课程。

(59-Engineering:Other) A multidisciplinary team of faculty at Clemson is working to deliver more effective Statics and Dynamics instruction. Their work builds particularly ontwo other NSF-funded projects. The project is developing cooperative learningactivities that are complementary to those developed through Statics: The NextGeneration and delivering them using the Student-Centered Activities for LargeEnrollment University Programs (SCALE-UP) model, teaching large studio classeswhere the primary emphasis is on learning by guided inquiry instead of bylistening. The present lecture approach is being revised significantly and thetwo sequential courses are being integrated according to the needs of students inmechanical engineering and civil engineering. A partnership to include learningexercises from multivariate calculus is helping students transfer knowledge anddevelop a more robust understanding of the course content. Improvements in student learning is being measured in terms of normalized gain on existing conceptual tests. Faculty development activities, including workshops and mentoring, are nurturing a cadre of faculty who are learning to design and implement cooperative learningactivities. The mentoring of faculty in large-enrollment classes is helpingexpand the use of these teaching methods throughout the curriculum, and thematerials developed in this project are applicable to statics and dynamicscourses at other universities.