Physics Learning Laboratory

该项目是装备一个学习实验室， 初级和中级物理实验班 鼓励学生积极参与， 学习过程 学生们对 在入门课程中使用“自己的计划”实验项目。 这一方法使他们能够参与材料和 增加对所涉材料和 解决问题的科学方法。 设备 包括两台设备齐全的386计算机 工作站，每个工作站都配有通用A/D转换器， 各种探头;计算机控制的视频光盘系统;两个 录像机和两台计算机辅助录像机。 这些设备将使该部门能够扩大 “自主计划”的想法，将其扩展到中间实验室 物理专业课程，增加实验范围 让学生接触现代仪器 和当前的数据采集和分析方法。 这些资金正与非联邦来源的资金相匹配。

This project is equipping a learning laboratory for the introductory and intermediate level physics laboratory classes which will encourage active participation by students in the learning process. Students have been enthusiastic about the use of "own-plans" lab projects in the introductory courses. This approach has led to their engagement with the material and to increased understanding both of the material covered and of the scientific approach to problem solving. The equipment being acquired includes two fully equipped 386-based computer workstations, each with general purpose AID converter and various probes; a computer-controlled videodisc system; two video cam-corders and two computer-assisted video-tape players. This equipment will enable the department to expand on the "own-plans" idea, extending it to the intermediate laboratory courses for physics majors, increasing the range of experiments students can do, and exposing them to modern instrumentation and current methods of data acquisition and analysis.NSF grant funds are being matched with funds from non-federal sources.