Connecting Physics and Engineering through a Modernization of the Advanced Laboratory Curriculum (CPE-MALC)

通过现代化的高级实验室课程将物理和工程联系起来（CPE-MALC）

• 批准号: 1712389
• 负责人: John Peters
• 金额: $ 29.87万
• 依托单位: Chicago State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2017
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2017-06-15 至 2021-05-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1712389&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Connecting; Physics; Engineering; through; Modernization

Connecting topics, experiments and methods in physics and engineering through the modernization of the advanced laboratory curriculum plays a significant role in motivating student interest and addressing the national needs in the STEM workplace. Our current workforce environment is one of unprecedented challenges and opportunities, demanding innovation and leadership skills. Current STEM students must be forward thinking and community orientated in order to solve grand challenges and take advantages of diverse opportunities. This Chicago State University (CSU) project focuses on building on traditional perspectives to include modern perspectives to address science and engineering applications to inspire students who can address local and global challenges.This project will lead to a complete modernization of the advanced laboratory curriculum for physics and engineering students. The project will have outcomes that include: 1) Outlining a curriculum plan for the modernization CSU's applied physics/engineering laboratory with the inclusion of modern equipment, applications, and new experimental Learning Lab modules, 2) Establishing a student learning community that will inform instructional revisions by incorporating student input through the use the Learning Assistant Program, and 3) Providing outreach opportunities for increasing STEM interest by utilizing the student-developed modules at local high schools. In the first phase of the project, we will design modules that will include interactive technology, modern research techniques, assessment materials, and lesson plans leveraging student input through focus groups and expert input from an external advisory board consisting of university faculty and industry representatives. The second phase of the program will focus on assessing the effectiveness of this curriculum and dissemination of the project to diverse institutions. Specifically, the project will add to the small but growing body of research on how a modernization of the advanced lab curriculum can enhance student communication skills, experimental analysis skills, content understanding, and attitudes and expectations toward experiments and experimentation.

通过先进实验室课程的现代化，将物理和工程领域的主题、实验和方法联系起来，在激发学生兴趣和满足 STEM 工作场所的国家需求方面发挥着重要作用。我们当前的劳动力环境充满了前所未有的挑战和机遇，需要创新和领导技能。当前的 STEM 学生必须具有前瞻性思维并以社区为导向，才能应对重大挑战并利用多样化的机会。该芝加哥州立大学 (CSU) 项目的重点是在传统观点的基础上纳入现代观点，以解决科学和工程应用问题，从而激励学生应对本地和全球挑战。该项目将为物理和工程学生带来高级实验室课程的全面现代化。该项目将取得的成果包括：1) 概述科罗拉多州立大学应用物理/工程实验室现代化的课程计划，其中包括现代设备、应用程序和新的实验学习实验室模块；2) 建立一个学生学习社区，通过使用学习助理计划吸收学生的意见，为教学修订提供信息；3) 通过利用当地高中学生开发的模块，提供外展机会，提高 STEM 兴趣 学校。在该项目的第一阶段，我们将设计模块，其中包括交互式技术、现代研究技术、评估材料和课程计划，利用焦点小组的学生意见以及由大学教师和行业代表组成的外部顾问委员会的专家意见。该计划的第二阶段将重点评估该课程的有效性以及向不同机构传播该项目。具体来说，该项目将补充规模虽小但不断增长的研究，研究高级实验课程的现代化如何提高学生的沟通技巧、实验分析技能、内容理解以及对实验和实验的态度和期望。