Regional Workshops to Improve Teaching of High School Physics

南密西西比大学和杰克逊州立大学 各大学将举办为期四周的夏季研讨会， 20名交叉认证的物理教师。 这些 讲习班将重复举办，共三年， 参加者从各学区选出， 密西西比和邻近的州。 研讨会参与者将构建高质量的 由容易获得的材料制成的实验装置 以便每个参与者都能提供一系列模型 实验到他们的高中。 包括一个木制的 具有计算机生成的纸度圆的力表 与钓竿眼提示滑轮，一个独特的动力车 当它沿着纸移动时， 轨道，利用磁性安装的光具座 组件，以及欧姆定律装置，其使用 廉价的AC电源适配器作为其电源。 一个交叉教师将与一个认证的物理 教师设计实验围绕构建 设备. 每台仪器的实验活动将 由团队中的一名成员撰写，另一名 成员，在高中生的角色，将执行 本实验 每个小组将展示他们的结果 批评和改进小组。 最终 只有在所有团队都完成了 提出了自己的建议和改进。 这 过程将产生超过25个测试和证明 强调引导发现方法的实验。 通过这种方式，交叉教师将接受以下培训： 物理概念的构建、实践和分享。 在同一 届时将为高中提供一辆有吸引力的汽车 来提高他们物理实验室的质量 学区将通过支持同伴主导的 讲习班，指定教育督导员和物理 按出席学术会议的代表分列的顾问人数 年度研讨会，并承诺帮助 构建和执行研讨会开发的实验。 费用分摊相当于NSF奖励的20%。

The University of Southern Mississippi and Jackson State University will each host a four-week summer workshop for twenty cross-over and certified physics teachers. These workshops will be repeated for a total of three years with participants being selected from school districts in Mississippi and neighboring states. Workshops participants will construct high-quality experimental apparatus from kits of easily obtained materials so that each participant can deliver a series of model experiments to their high schools. Included will be a wooden force table having a computer-generated paper degree circle with fishing rod eye tips for pulleys, a unique kinetics car which leaves a timed pen trace as it moves along a paper track, an optical bench which utilizes magnetically mounted components, and an Ohm's law apparatus which uses an inexpensive AC power adaptor as its power supply. A cross-over teacher will work with a certified physics teacher to design experiments around the constructed apparatus. Experimental activities for each apparatus will be written up by one member of the team, and the other member, in the role of a high school student, will perform the experiment. Each team will then present their results for critique and improvement to the group. The final experiments will only be defined after all teams have contributed their recommendations and improvement. This process will generate over twenty-five tested and proven experiments which emphasize the guided discovery approach. In this manner, cross-over teachers will be trained in physics concepts by building, doing and sharing. At the same time an attractive vehicle will be provided for high schools to improve the quality of their physics laboratories. School districts will participate by supporting peer-led workshops, by designating educational supervisors and physics resource persons, by representative attendance at academic year workshop conferences, and by committing to help construct and perform experiments developed by the workshop. Cost sharing equals 20% of the NSF award.