Materials for Active Engagement in the Modern Physics Course

物理（13）本项目正在开发一套材料，用于加强中级现代物理课程的教学。 这门课程通常遵循微积分基础的入门课程，并作为一个过渡经验之间的严格性相对较低的水平介绍调查课程和更先进的和专业的高年级课程采取的科学和工程专业的学生。 根据2002年春季开始的一个试点项目的经验，该项目正在开发、测试和评估互动教学材料，特别是那些有助于物理教育研究所示方法的材料，以加强入门课程的教学。 这些材料包括课堂讨论问题、案例研究和小组活动，这些材料正在被仔细评估，并与评估学生学习的标准相关联。 这些材料将进行商业出版，并纳入数字图书馆。 这些发展的更广泛的影响包括更好的学生表现在现代物理类以及现代物理概念的理解增加。 该项目通过向教员提供成套材料，采用一再证明上级传统教学方法的课堂技术，促进教员的发展。 经验表明，这门课程起着重要的作用，吸引和兴奋的学生谁正在考虑职业生涯中的物理教学，因此，一个更有效的课程可能会对K-12教学的影响。 最后，考点包括少数民族物理专业学生较多的院校。

Physics (13) This project is developing a set of materials for use in enhancing instruction in the intermediate Modern Physics course. This course normally follows the calculus-based introductory course and serves as a transitional experience between the relatively low level of rigor of the introductory survey course and the more advanced and specialized upper-division courses taken by science and engineering students. Based on experience in a pilot project begun in the spring of 2002, this project is developing, testing, and assessing materials for interactive teaching, especially those that contribute to methodologies shown by physics education research to enhance instruction in the introductory course. These materials include in-class discussion questions, case studies, and group activities that are being carefully evaluated and correlated with criteria that assess student learning. The materials are to be commercially published and also included in a digital library. The broader impact of these developments include better student performance in the Modern Physics class as well as increased understanding of concepts of Modern Physics. By offering packages of materials to instructors, the project enhances faculty development through the adoption of classroom techniques that have been repeatedly shown to be superior to traditional teaching methods. Experience shows that this course plays a significant role attracting and exciting students who are thinking about careers in physics teaching, and thus a more effective course could have an impact on K-12 teaching. Finally, test sites include institutions with a large population of minority physics majors.