Development of Job-based Problems for Technical Physics

与学生在工业环境中开始工作时可能遇到的技术问题类似的基于工作的问题，在工业物理课程中并不广泛存在。因此，学生经常看不到物理与他们的学习的相关性，当他们在工作中遇到基于物理的应用程序时，他们可能不会认识到这些应用程序。这个项目的目标是为技术物理开发40个基于工作的问题集。这些问题将由物理和技术教师、大都会制造技术中心的代表和伯明翰地区小工业的员工共同开发。讲师要访问的各种轻重型制造环境将为来自这些行业的实际工作场所和基于工作的问题提供基础。这些真实的问题将被改编用于以代数为基础的工业物理课程。将包括来自工业背景的照片、视频和比例尺图纸。每道题都将被开发，以便可以解决多个变量，以使问题适应不同的学生需求。运动、力、力矩和电方面的问题将从几个不同的工作场所解决。这些问题将由至少三所其他大学的教师和学生进行实地测试，然后在国家和地区会议上分发给其他技术物理教师。完成的问题将通过链接到杰斐逊州立大学的网页和CD-ROM格式提供。一名外部评估者将确定，在课程中加入与工作有关的问题是否会影响理工科学生对物理的态度，并使他们为就业做好更好的准备。

Job-based problems similar to those technology students are likely to encounter when they begin work in industrial settings are not widely available for technical physics courses. Consequently, students frequently fail to see the relevance of physics to their studies and may not recognize physics-based applications when they encounter them on the job. The objective of this project is to develop 40 job-based problem sets for technical physics. These problems will be developed by physics and technology instructors jointly, representatives from the Metropolitan Manufacturing Technology Center and employeesfrom small industries in the Birmingham area. A variety of light and heavy manufacturing settings to be visited by the instructors will provide the foundation for the actual work place, job-based problems from these industries. These authentic problems will be adapted for use in the algebra-based technical physics course. Photographs, videos and scale drawings from the industrial setting will be included. Each problem will be developed so that multiple variables can be solved for to make the problems adaptable to a variety of student needs. Problems from the areas of motion, force, torque, and electricity will be developed from several different work places. The problems will be field-tested by instructors and students from at least three other colleges before being distributed to other technical physics teachers at national and regional meetings. Completed problems will be made available via links to Jefferson State's web page and in a CD ROM format. An outside evaluator will determine whether including job-based problems in the course affects the attitude of technology students toward physics and makes them better prepared for the workforce.