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

（59-工程：其他）克莱姆森大学的多学科教师团队正在努力提供更有效的静力学和动力学教学。他们的工作主要建立在另外两个nsf资助的项目上。该项目正在开发合作学习活动，作为《静态学：下一代》开发活动的补充，并使用“以学生为中心的大型大学项目活动”（SCALE-UP）模式进行教学，教授大型工作室课程，主要强调通过引导探究而不是倾听来学习。根据机械工程和土木工程专业学生的需要，目前的授课方式正在进行重大修订，并将两个顺序的课程整合起来。包括多元微积分学习练习在内的合作关系正在帮助学生转移知识，并对课程内容有更牢固的理解。学生学习方面的改进是根据现有概念测试的标准化增益来衡量的。教师发展活动，包括研讨会和指导，正在培养一支骨干教师，他们正在学习设计和实施合作学习活动。在大规模招生班级中，教师的指导有助于在整个课程中扩展这些教学方法的使用，并且该项目开发的材料适用于其他大学的静态和动态课程。

(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.