Collaborative Research: Development of New Prototype Tools, and Adaptation and Implementation of Current Resources for a Course in Numerical Methods

工程-其他（59）该项目是南佛罗里达大学、旧自治领大学和亚利桑那州立大学之间的合作，正在开发最先进的基于网络的学习工具原型，用于本科数值方法课程的开放式课件。这些工具包括基于游戏的模拟，虚拟不知疲倦的互联网教师，无休止的自我评估测试，以及基于音频的Flash/PowerPoint演示文稿。在这一试点项目中，正在为一个专题（联立线性方程组）开发这些工具。 他们正在通过使用模拟来改善课堂和自学体验，通过互联网教师个性化学习，通过多项选择题测试自我评估学习水平，以及为理解同一材料提供多种背景来增强学生的学习。评估工作包括形成性和总结性方面，使用工具来衡量内容的知识和技能，学生和教师的态度调查，学生焦点小组，和教师访谈。 教学材料和成果正通过网站张贴、通过在ASEE和FIE会议上的介绍以及通过期刊文章传播。 更广泛的影响包括三所大学的合作和教学材料的传播。

Engineering - Other (59)The project, a collaboration among University of South Florida, Old Dominion University and Arizona State University, is developing state-of-the-art prototype web-based learning tools for open courseware in undergraduate numerical methods courses. These tools include game based simulations, a virtual tireless internet instructor, endless self-assessment tests, and audio-based Flash/PowerPoint presentations. In this pilot project, these tools are being developed for one topic (simultaneous linear equations). They are enhancing student learning by using simulations to improve the classroom and self-learning experience, personalizing learning via the internet instructor, self-assessing the level of learning via multiple-choice questions tests, and providing multiple contexts for understanding the same material. The evaluation effort includes formative and summative aspects using instruments to measure content knowledge and skills, attitude surveys for students and faculty members, student focus groups, and faculty member interviews. Instructional material and results are being disseminated through website postings, through presentations at the ASEE and FIE conferences, and through journal articles. Broader impacts include the collaboration of the three universities and the dissemination of the instructional material.