Physics Exploration Center

物理学（13）设计了“物理学探索中心”（PEC），以补充大型物理学入门课程中的讲座式教学。在PEC，物理讲座演示变成了与入门课程相结合的有趣活动。该方案已经在小规模上进行了尝试，该项目正在扩大该方案，以便为大量学生提供服务。PEC的中心目标是为学生提供一个动手的机会，演示为基础的家庭作业问题。PEC的经验与传统实验室的经验不同，它更具有概念性和开放性。主要目的是帮助学生对讲座材料进行概念性理解，通过提供矛盾的经验来挑战他们的先入之见，并向他们介绍科学方法。PEC活动对准备不足的学生的智力发展特别有益。

Physics (13) A "Physics Exploration Center" (PEC) to supplement lecture-oriented teaching in large introductory physics courses has been designed. At the PEC, physics lecture demonstrations are turned into fun activities that are integrated with the introductory courses. The PEC has been tried on a small scale, and this project is expanding it so that it can serve large numbers of students. The central objective of PEC is to provide students an opportunity for hands-on, demonstration-based homework problems. The PEC experience is different from that of a traditional laboratory, and is meant to be more conceptual and open-ended. The primary purpose is to help students with conceptual understanding of the lecture material, challenge their preconceptions by providing contradictory experiences, and introduce them to scientific method. PEC activities can be particularly beneficial for the intellectual development of underprepared students.