Two-Year College Physics Workshop Project

这个为期三年的国家计划是由乔利埃特初级学院（IL）和李学院（TX）管理的几个成功项目的延续。它将在几个地理上分散的两年制大学校园为两年制大学物理教师提供15个密集讲习班（每年5个）。 一组讲习班将使参加者熟悉以下内容的开发和实施：（1）力学和热学的微机实验室;（2）电、磁和光学的数字视频、建模和微机实验室;（3）物理模拟;（4）利用概念练习和概述案例研究主动学习解决问题的策略。第五次讲习班将是一次介绍物理学的工作会议，将为以前的讲习班参与者提供一个分享、获得更多经验和讨论新发展和技术的机会。 每个研讨会将由两个，两年制大学物理教授和两个或三个大学/学院物理教授谁发挥了重要作用，在发展这些领域。 这些研讨会将为参与者提供物理教育研究最新发展和成果的应用。因此，参加者将能够评价这些发展，并将返回校园开始实施讲习班活动。因此，这些讲习班，因为他们在过去所做的，将促进迅速纳入这种知识和技术在两年制学院。 将继续使用一个网络系统，该系统采用微型计算机公告板系统、因特网接入系统和一份通讯，从而加强讲习班的影响。该项目的最终目标是帮助两年制大学生对经典和当代物理学有更深入的了解。 更新两年制大学的物理课程的任务是困难的，但对国家和科学来说是必不可少的，因为参加两年制大学的学生人数很多，特别是妇女和少数民族。

This three-year national program is a continuation of several successful projects administered by Joliet Junior College(IL) and Lee College (TX). It will provide 15 intensive workshops (five each year) for two-year college physics teachers at several qeoqraphically-dispersed two-year college campuses. One set of workshops will acquaint participants with the development and implementation of (1) microcomputer-based laboratories in mechanics and heat; (2) digital video, modeling, and microcomputer-based laboratories in electricity, magnetism, and opticsi (3) physics simulationsi and (4) active learning problem-solving strategies using conceptual exercises and overview case studies. The fifth workshop will be a working conference on introductory physics that will provide previous workshop participants an opportunity for sharing, gaining additional experiences, and discussing new developments and technologies. Each workshop will be led by two, two-year college physics professors and two or three university/college physics professors who play a major role in developing these areas. These workshops will provide participants with applications of the recent developments and findings of physics education research. As a result, participants will be able to evaluate these developments and will return to their campuses to begin implementing the workshop activities. Thus, these workshops, as they have done in the past, will facilitate the rapid incorporation of this knowledge and technology at two-year colleqes. The impact of the workshops will be reinforced by the continuation of a networking system that employs a microcomputer bulletin board system, an Internet access system, and a newsletter. The ultimate goal of this project is to help two-year college students develop a stronger understanding of classical and contemporary physics. The task of updating physics programs at two-year colleges is difficult, but essential, for the nation and for science because of the lar ge number of students, particularly women and minorities, attending two-year colleqes.