Conceptual Learning of Engineering (CoLoE)

该项目评估了工程概念学习（CoLoE）概念，并讨论了其在美国大学和社区学院课堂教学中的可能实施。 这个想法是基于概念，而不是数学的工程课程的教学和学习。 该过程涉及将自然的基本定律应用于大量的单个分子，原子和电子，并观察它们在各种外力和操作条件下的集体行为。 通过观察这些相互作用随时间和空间的变化，推导出数学方程。教师研讨会用于评估CoLoE概念的教育优点。 来自欧洲CoLoS的同事展示了他们的软件模块，来自美国教育学院的同事也展示了他们自己的评估并讨论了改进方法。 分组讨论将CoLoS材料整合到课程和课堂教学中的方法和手段，并确定将从这种教学方法中受益最多的重点工程科目。 来自大学和社区学院的机构团体被确定，并被要求在各自的领域准备提案。为了支持研讨会，PI和他在犹他州大学的同事们正在开发软件模块，强调对基础工程课程的概念和直观理解。 对于这个建议，重点放在电磁学和物质的性质。 该项目由犹他州大学的CAEME多媒体教育和技术中心管理，通过互联网、光盘和期刊出版物传播。

This project evaluates the Conceptual Learning of Engineering (CoLoE) concept and addresses its possible implementation in classroom teaching at universities and community colleges across the US. The idea is based on conceptual rather than mathematical teaching and learning of engineering courses. The procedure involves the application of the fundamental laws of nature to a larger number of individual molecules, atoms, and electrons, and the observation of their collective behavior under a variety of external forces and operating conditions. Mathematical equations are derived as a result of observing changes in these interactions as a function of time and space.Faculty workshops are used to evaluate the educational merits of the CoLoE concept. Colleagues from CoLoS Europe demonstrate their software modules, and the colleagues from schools of education in the US also present their own evaluations and discuss methods for improvements. Breakout groups discuss ways and means for integrating CoLoS material in courses and classroom teaching, and also identify focused engineering subjects that will benefit most from this teaching methodology. Groups of institutions from universities and community colleges are identified and asked to prepare proposals in their respective areas.In support of the workshops, the PI and his colleagues at the University of Utah are developing software modules that emphasis conceptual and intuitive understanding of basic engineering courses. For this proposal, focus is placed on electromagnetics and the properties of matter. The project is managed by the CAEME Center for Multimedia Education and Technology at the University of Utah, and dissemination is via the Internet, CD-ROMs and publications in journals.