Synergy of Educational Tools for Teaching Electromagnetic Fields and Waves: Lab Experiments, Educational Java Applets, Numerical Modeling, Textbook with Power Point Presentations

电磁场和波教学教育工具的协同作用：实验室实验、教育性 Java 小程序、数值建模、带有 Power Point 演示的教科书

• 批准号: 1140718
• 负责人: Vladimir Mitin
• 金额: $ 20万
• 依托单位: SUNY at Buffalo
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2012
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2012-09-01 至 2015-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1140718&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Synergy; Educational; Tools; Teaching; Electromagnetic

PROJECT DESCRIPTIONThis project is developing a one-semester Electromagnetic Fields and Waves (EFW) course for junior-level engineering undergraduate students and is establishing a new undergraduate laboratory for teaching EFW. The project is creating a novel teaching approach that employs interactive pedagogies, exposing students to an educational sequence of experimentation - theory - experimentation - applications. Undergraduate students are using experiments, educational Java applets, and numerical solver software to help them learn the theoretical principles of EFW. Through the utilization of engaging teaching practices, students are also learning to utilize a scientific approach and further develop their critical reasoning and creative thinking skills.The understanding of electricity and magnetism requires a certain level of mathematical knowledge; therefore, concepts such as vector algebra and vector calculus are gradually introduced - as needed - in sync with the teaching material that is covered in the course. The teaching approach involves the following: 1) a non-traditional synergistic style of teaching and use of an interactive Blackboard online system (UBlearns); 2) an introduction to electricity and magnetism that is provided through a student's exploration of corresponding experiments; and 3) a unified description of the entire electromagnetic spectrum, which is used to provide an appreciation for interdisciplinary applications. BROADER SIGNIFICANCEThe project is attempting to positively impact the recruitment of high achieving K-12 students to STEM education, the training of college professors, and the involvement of women and underrepresented minority undergraduate/graduate students in the development of a new EFW laboratory. The results are being disseminated through participation in ASEE conferences and workshops, while the developed teaching materials and lab manuals are being distributed to college/university professors. A newly developed course website offers the results of the project activities along with the teaching materials and lab manuals. The teaching strategies are embedded in a new textbook/lab manual publication to further enhance STEM education. The team is additionally working with local chapters of the Association of Black Engineers and Applied Scientists, the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers, and the Women in Science and Engineering to recruit engineering students from underrepresented groups.

项目描述该项目正在为初级工程本科生开发一学期的电磁场和波 (EFW) 课程，并建立一个新的本科实验室来教授 EFW。该项目正在创建一种采用互动教学法的新颖教学方法，让学生接触到实验-理论-实验-应用的教育序列。本科生正在使用实验、教育性 Java 小程序和数值求解器软件来帮助他们学习 EFW 的理论原理。通过利用引人入胜的教学实践，学生还学习如何运用科学方法，并进一步发展他们的批判性推理和创造性思维能力。对电和磁的理解需要一定水平的数学知识；因此，矢量代数和矢量微积分等概念将根据需要与课程中涵盖的教材同步逐步引入。教学方法包括以下内容：1）非传统的协同教学方式和交互式黑板在线系统（UBlearns）的使用； 2）通过学生对相应实验的探索来介绍电和磁； 3）整个电磁频谱的统一描述，用于提供跨学科应用的欣赏。更广泛的意义该项目试图对 STEM 教育中成绩优异的 K-12 学生的招募、大学教授的培训以及女性和代表性不足的少数族裔本科生/研究生参与新 EFW 实验室的开发产生积极影响。研究结果正在通过参加 ASEE 会议和研讨会进行传播，同时开发的教材和实验室手册正在分发给学院/大学教授。新开发的课程网站提供项目活动的结果以及教材和实验室手册。这些教学策略被纳入新的教科书/实验室手册出版物中，以进一步加强 STEM 教育。该团队还与黑人工程师和应用科学家协会、西班牙专业工程师协会以及科学与工程女性协会的当地分会合作，从代表性不足的群体中招募工程专业的学生。