Collaborative Research: Fostering integration of computational practices into physics courses - A local communities approach

很长一段时间以来，研究都证明了将计算物理引入本科课程的必要性。未来的劳动力需要具备计算能力--在思维、技能和实践方面。该项目是对这一需求的回应，并建议使用以研究为基础的框架探索新的变革模式。该框架是一种将计算引入本科生物理的结构和研究策略，诞生于2006年，由计算与本科生物理整合伙伴关系(PICUP)开发。这一合作研究探索的目的是设计和测试有效和可持续的、可通过复制扩大的框架的改编。这是一个概念验证研究，其中心是该项目试图通过从基层开始的教师发展来进行重大的课程改革。以研究为基础的PICUP框架在美国物理教师协会(AAPT)的一次分部会议上以当地方式使用，随后在参与的教职员工之间进行了广泛的合作开发工作。以研究为基础的教员发展是在地区性地点实施的，并通过在AAPT的47个部门中的任何一个部门复制来扩大规模。评估计划的核心是评估这种新方法如何帮助计算社区发展。一位经验丰富的评估员正在制定衡量进展的指标。

Studies have for a long time documented the need to introduce computational physics into the undergraduate curriculum. The future workforce needs to be computationally competent-in thinking as well as in skills and practice. This project is a response to the need and proposes exploration into a new change model using a research-based Framework. The Framework - a structure and a research strategy for introducing computation into undergraduate physics was born in 2006 and developed by the Partnership for Integration of Computation into Undergraduate Physics (PICUP). The purpose of this collaborative research exploration is to design and test an adaptation of the Framework that is effective and sustainable and that can be scaled up by replication. It is a proof of concept study centered on this project's attempt at significant curricular reform through faculty development starting at the grass roots. The research-based PICUP Framework is used in a local approach at a sectional meeting of the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT) followed by extensive collaborative development work among participating faculty. Research-based faculty development is implemented at regional sites and is scaled up by replication in any of the 47 AAPT sections. Central to the evaluation plan is assessing how this novel approach helps a computational community to develop. An experienced evaluator is developing metrics to measure progress.