RealTime Physics Labs for UCF

UCF 实时物理实验室

• 批准号: 0633157
• 负责人: Costas Efthimiou
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: The University of Central Florida Board of Trustees
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-07-01 至 2009-10-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0633157&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: RealTime; Physics; Labs; UCF

Physics (13). This project implements a new inquiry-based curriculum in introductory calculus-based physics courses to enhance student conceptual understanding of mechanics, thermodynamics, electricity, magnetism, and optics. Two proven curricula, Interactive Lecture Demonstrations in the lecture courses and RealTime Physics in the laboratory courses, are implemented as they were designed but are more tightly integrated in terms of the content and the dates that topics are covered. Students gain in conceptual knowledge, in problem solving abilities, and their perception of learning. A recitation component is added to the laboratory course immediately after the conceptual laboratory activities and concentrates on applying concepts as an expert problem-solver does rather than on algorithmic solutions. Open-ended, collaborative projects that require students to apply the physical concepts that they have learned to very concrete applications are added to build a sense of community among students, encourage excellence, and help students see connections between abstract classroom physics and the real world. In collaboration with the Faculty Center for Teaching and Learning, a supplemental Graduate Teaching Assistant preparation program trains graduate students how to implement the new curricula and facilitate effective student learning. An Undergraduate Student Advisory Panel solicits student input for design and assessment of the implementation project. Standardized physics education research assessment instruments are used with formative and summative surveys to document student conceptual gains and changes in attitudes and beliefs about learning physics. The intellectual merit of this proposal is in the establishment of a means for deeper, coherent understanding of and appreciation for fundamental physics among STEM majors in the introductory physics courses that leads to positively shaping of the students' attitudes and beliefs about learning physics. The broader impacts of this project are in the dissemination of lessons that are learned as a consequence of implementing these proven curricula at a large metropolitan university.

物理学（13）.本计画实施一种新的探究式课程，以增进学生对力学、热力学、电学、磁学与光学的概念性理解。两个经过验证的课程，在讲座课程和实时物理在实验室课程中的交互式讲座演示，实施，因为它们被设计，但在内容和主题涵盖的日期方面更紧密地结合在一起。学生在概念知识，解决问题的能力，和他们的学习感知增益。在概念实验室活动之后，立即将背诵部分添加到实验室课程中，并专注于应用概念作为专家解决问题的方法，而不是算法解决方案。开放式的，合作项目，要求学生应用他们学到的物理概念，非常具体的应用程序被添加到学生之间建立社区意识，鼓励卓越，并帮助学生看到抽象的课堂物理和真实的世界之间的联系。与教师中心的教学和学习，补充研究生助教准备计划培训研究生如何实施新课程，促进有效的学生学习的合作。一个本科生咨询小组征求学生对实施项目的设计和评估的意见。标准化的物理教育研究评估工具与形成性和总结性调查一起使用，以记录学生对学习物理的概念性收获和态度和信念的变化。这一建议的智力价值在于建立一种手段，在入门物理课程中对STEM专业的基础物理学进行更深入，连贯的理解和欣赏，从而积极塑造学生对学习物理学的态度和信念。该项目的更广泛影响是传播在一所大城市大学实施这些经过验证的课程后所吸取的经验教训。