Relativity in a inner-City School: Using RelLab at Boston High

96625866霍维茨我们试图复制、记录和研究去年进行的一项非正式教育实验，该实验在市中心的一所高中成功地向以少数族裔为主的学生教授了爱因斯坦的狭义相对论。尽管学生们对数学和物理知识知之甚少，但他们采用的方法在所有方面都与之前NSF资助的项目期间在一所优秀郊区学校的二年级物理学生中率先采用的方法相似。结果也是相似的--考虑到两个学生群体在准备方面的差异，这是一个惊人的发现。这表明，使用先进的教育技术，再加上以研究为基础的教学法，在市中心的学校可能会比在传统上应用这种技术的郊区学校产生更显著的影响。拟议项目的目的是获取和传达与这一结论有关的确凿证据。***

96625866 Horwitz We seek to replicate, document, and study an informal educational experiment, performed last year, that successfully taught Einstein's Special Theory of Relativity to largely minority students at an inner-city high school. Although the students had very little knowledge of mathematics and physics, the approach adopted was similar in all respects to that pioneered with second- year physics students at an excellent suburban school during a previous NSF-supported project. The results, too, were similar-a striking finding given the disparity in preparation of the two student populations. This indicates that the use of advanced educational technology, coupled with research-based pedagogy, may have an even more dramatic effect in inner-city schools than in the suburban ones in which it has traditionally been applied. The aim of the proposed project is to acquire and communicate hard evidence bearing on this conclusion. ***