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: 0756909
• 负责人: Luanna Gomez
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: SUNY College at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Continuing Grant
• 财政年份: 2007
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2007-05-16 至 2009-04-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=0756909&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.

物理学导论教程是一门以研究为基础的课程，在介绍微积分基础课程中的标准背诵部分时，它已被证明能有效地提高学生的概念理解。 该项目正在创建一套15个实验室，其中一些是基于Tuesday的。 另一些是基于新的和现有的研究，学生理解三个领域：能量和动量守恒，矢量，扭矩和旋转。 然后，这些实验室将经历一个研究、评估和实施的迭代开发周期，并在为不同学生群体服务的6所大学进行测试。 该项目的智力价值包括以下目标：（1）有助于了解不同学生群体的需求;（2）扩大基于研究的课程的影响，在全国范围内改进物理学入门课程;（3）建立在经过验证的课程材料基础上;（4）为现有工具目前未充分解决的特定主题开发评估工具。这一项目的更广泛影响是：（1）扩大研究基础，以有效编制物理学入门课程;（2）传播物理学教学研究成果;（3）为物理系教师和助教提供有效的实验室教学示范;（4）为妇女、代表人数不足的少数民族和希望从事科学相关领域职业的残疾人提供服务;以及（5）提供涉及科学探究过程的实验室经验。