Minds-on Physics: An Integrated Curriculum for Promoting Concept-based Problem Solving in Physics

将为高中生设计一项为期一年的物理课程，旨在发展和整合问题解决背景下的概念知识。学生将与其他学生和老师互动，使用概念分析和解决无目标的开放式问题，通过探究和动手活动探索概念的意义，并以突出物理主要思想的方式组织他们的概念知识。拟议的课程将以行动为导向，与建构主义认识论一致，并将说明应用概念而不是公式化方法来解决问题的力量。这些单元将涵盖高中物理课程中的标准主题，可以作为其他方法的补充，也可以作为独立的课程。教材将包括简明的学生读本、单元活动、动手/探究活动和教师手册，其中包含上述内容以及关于使用其他材料的先入之见和建议的信息。该项目既基于在四所不同种族的高中对该方法进行评估的成功试点项目，也基于对学习和解决问题的认知研究。**

A year-long physics curriculum for high school students designed to develop and integrate conceptual knowledge within problem solving contexts will be developed. Students will interact with other students and teachers in using concepts to analyze and solve goalfree, open-ended problems, in exploring the meaning of concepts through inquiry and hands-on activities and in organizing their conceptual knowledge in ways that highlight the major ideas in physics. The proposed curriculum will be action-oriented, consistent with constructivist epistemology, and will illustrate the power of applying concepts than formulaic approaches to solving problems. The modules will cover the standard topics in high school physics courses and can be used as supplements to other approaches or as a stand-alone curriculum. The materials will consist of a terse student reader, module activities, hands-on/inquiry activities, and a teachers manual which contains the above plus information on preconceptions and suggestions for using other materials. This project is based both on successful pilot project which evaluated the approach in four ethnically diverse high schools and on cognitive research on learning and problem solving. **