PROJECT SOCRATES; Improving Introductory Physics Education Through Interactive Engagement

印第安纳大学苏格拉底计划通过研究和开发具有成本效益的掌握学习的互动参与方法，为迫切需要的全国大学物理入门教育的改进做出了贡献。特别是，该项目正在进一步发展，改进和推广苏格拉底对话诱导（SDI）实验室方法，该方法已被证明在促进学生跨界到牛顿世界方面是有效的。重点是力学和相关领域（流体静力学和动力学，振荡和波）。测试场地是印第安纳大学物理系的普通物理I，这是一门招收大量学生的非微积分课程，面向理科（而非物理）专业（包括未来的高中和初中教师）。“真实世界”的课堂调查、控制良好的课外研究以及深入的案例研究正在被利用。所寻求的目标是：(1)改进和系统化苏格拉底对话和SDI实验室技术；(2)与其他教师合作修改SDI方法以适应不同的教学环境；(3)完善和扩展实验模块和讲师指南；(4)通过出版物、讲座、研讨会、分发录像带和实验模块等方式更广泛地传播该方法；(5)继续构建计算机力-运动-矢量动画，以辅助实验室和讲座教学

The Indiana University SOCRATES PROJECT is contributing to a critically needed national improvement in university introductory physics education through research on and development of interactive engagement methods for cost- effective mastery learning. In particular, this project is further developing, improving, and promulgating the Socratic Dialogue Inducing (SDI) Lab method which has been shown to be effective in promoting student crossover to the Newtonian World. The focus is on mechanics and related areas (fluid statics and dynamics, oscillations, and waves). The testing ground is the Indiana University Physics Department's General Physics I, a large-enrollment, non-calculus based course for science (but not physics) majors (including prospective high- and middle-school teachers). "Real-world" in-class investigation, well-controlled out-of-class research with paid student subjects, and in-depth case studies are being utilized. The goals sought are to (1) improve and systematize the Socratic-dialogue and SDI lab techniques; (2) collaborate with other instructors to modify the SDI method for various instructional settings; (3) improve and extend the laboratory modules and instructor's guides; (4) more widely disseminate the method by means of publications, talks, workshops, and distribution of videotapes and lab modules; and (5) continue the construction of computer Force-Motion-Vector Animations to assist laboratory and lecture instruction.***//