Computational Science Across the Curriculum

园林机械-其他（35） 跨学科（99）计算科学的新兴领域，在数学，计算机科学和科学的交叉点，提供了一个跨学科的方法，用于工业和学术环境的科学研究。为了准备研究生学习和工作场所，学生需要在计算科学的经验。本科阶段的问题是缺乏计算科学的教育材料。这个教材开发项目的目标是创建课程材料和课程，最终在计算科学的综合，跨学科的未成年人。来自不同学科的教师团队正在开发，评估，进行课堂测试，并传播生物学，化学，环境科学，数学，神经科学，物理学和心理学计算课程的材料。新课程强调批判性思维和解决问题的能力。科学、数学、计算机科学和职前中等教育的学生是这一课程的目标受众。 未成年人的特点包括一个研讨会，以鼓励参与代表性不足的群体（如，妇女和少数民族），计算科学的核心课程，以提供必要的数学和计算背景，学科特定的课程，以产生兴趣，并提供计算科学技能的直接应用，并在计算科学的顶点合作研究经验。课程材料正在各机构进行现场测试和评估，以提高其有效性和在不同学生群体中的采用率。广泛传播拟议材料的策略包括通过网络和商业出版商出版，特定学科的会议演示，并主办计算科学会议。

Computing - Other (35) Interdisciplinary (99)The emerging field of computational science, at the intersection of math, computer science, and science, offers an interdisciplinary approach to scientific research that is used in industry and academic settings. In order to be prepared for graduate studies and the workplace, students need experience in computational science. The problem at the undergraduate level is a lack of educational materials for computational science. The goal of this educational materials development project is to create course materials and a curriculum that culminate in a comprehensive, interdisciplinary minor in computational science. A team of faculty members from a variety of disciplines is developing, evaluating, performing in-class testing, and disseminating materials for computational courses in biology, chemistry, environmental science, mathematics, neuroscience, physics, and psychology. The new courses emphasize critical thinking and problem solving skills. Students in science, math, computer science, and pre-service secondary education are the target audience for this curriculum. Features of the minor include a seminar to encourage involvement by under-represented groups (e.g., women and minorities), core courses in computational science to provide the necessary mathematical and computational background, discipline-specific courses to generate interest and provide direct application of computational science skills, and a capstone collaborative research experience in computational science. The curricular materials are being site-tested and evaluated at various institutions to enhance their effectiveness and adoption across diverse student populations. Strategies to widely disseminate the proposed materials include publication via the Web and commercial publishers, discipline-specific conference presentations, and hosting a computational science conference.