Development of Astronomical Observational Capabilities in the Undergraduate Physics/Astronomy Curriculum

大规模招生大学物理以学生为中心的活动（SCALE-UP）项目的主要目标是确定在大规模招生物理课程中建立高度协作、动手、计算机丰富、互动学习环境的最佳方式。我们从广泛的教育研究中了解到，学生应该合作完成有趣的任务，并积极地参与到他们正在学习的材料中。北卡罗莱纳州立大学的物理系在以这种方式教学的中小型班级方面取得了相当大的成功，现在正在寻找最好的方法来“扩大”这种创新，以便学生参加大量注册的工程物理课程可以受益。该项目将讲座和实验室与多名教师结合在一起，为传统的讲座导向教学提供了一种经济的选择。该项目包括开发、评价和传播支持这种学习的新课程材料。SCALE-UP项目有可能从根本上改变大型学院和大学的物理教学方式。教学技巧应该足够普遍，以鼓励其他科学、工程和数学课程进行类似的改革。

Physics (13) The primary goal of the Student- Centered Activities for Large Enrollment University Physics (SCALE-UP) Project is to determine the best way to establish a highly collaborative, hands-on, computer-rich, interactive learning environment in large-enrollment physics courses. We know from extensive educational research that students should collaborate on interesting tasks and be actively involved with the material they are learning. The Physics Department at North Carolina State University has had considerable success with small and intermediate-sized classes taught this way and is now searching for the best way to 'scale-up' the innovations so that students taking the large enrollment engineering physics courses can benefit. The project is folding together lecture and lab with multiple instructors in a way that should provide an economical alternative to traditional lecture-oriented instruction. The project involves the development, evaluation, and dissemination of new curricular materials that will support this type of learning. The SCALE-UP Project has the potential to radically change the way physics is taught at large colleges and universities. The pedagogical techniques should be general enough to encourage similar reforms in other science, engineering, and mathematics classes.