Revising intermediate optics for greater conceptual understanding and the development of complex problem solving skills

物理（13）本项目重组了印第安纳大学-普渡大学韦恩堡分校（IPFW）的中级光学实验室和讲座课程。通过采用互动讲座演示和互动参与的方法，学生在结束课程时对光学有了更大的概念理解。在这个项目中，我们采用了五个主要元素。在讲座中，我们使用互动式讲座演示和模拟，改编自Physlets和其他来源。我们正在将互动参与的各个方面带入实验室和课堂。从最近由一名合作项目负责人完成的CCLI项目来看，我们正在采用整体方法和实验室形式。许多最初的实验都改编自物理学教程。从专业实践来看，我们正在调整让学生向同学和系里的老师做口头报告的过程。此外，从专业实践来看，我们正在适应LabVIEW和光学仿真软件，为学生提供重要的工作场所经验。该实验室提供为期10周的概念和技能建设实验，研究几何光学，图像形成和波。剩下的五个星期，实验室将进行更深入的研究。六项先进的实验正在开发中，这些实验建立在该计划的初始部分。这项拨款对部门、大学（IPFW）和周围的工业光学和激光社区有很大的影响。

Physics (13) This project restructures the intermediate optics laboratory and lecture courses at Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne (IPFW). By adopting interactive lecture demonstrations and an interactive engagement approach, students exit the course with a much greater conceptual understanding of optics. In this project we adapt five major elements. In lecture we are using interactive lecture demonstrations and simulations adapted from Physlets and other sources. We are bringing aspects of interactive engagement into both the laboratory and lecture. From a CCLI project recently completed by one of the Co-PIs we are taking the overall approach and laboratory format. Many of the initial laboratories are adapted from Tutorials in Physics. From professional practice we are adapting the process of having students make oral presentations to classmates and department faculty. Also from professional practice we are adapting LabVIEW and optical simulation software to provide students with important work place experience. The laboratory provides 10 weeks of concept and skill building experiments investigating geometric optics, image formation and waves. The remaining five weeks of the laboratory are devoted to more in-depth investigations. Six advanced experiments are being developed that build on the initial part of the program. This grant has a great impact on the department, university (IPFW), and surrounding industrial optics and laser community.