MOVING TO THE NEXT LEVEL: Refining and Disseminating a Pedagogical Taxonomy and Hands-on Curriculum Materials for an Interdisciplinary Program on Multi-Function Radar

跨学科(99)我们正在完善第一阶段设立的四门本科课程，并开发由气象学院和电气与计算机工程学院提供的另外三门课程。这些课程提供了组织实时天气数据、改进和准备用于展示的数据以及解释其科学意义所需的专门知识和技能的动手实验室经验。为了广泛传播这些材料，正在通过迭代的设计-实施-测试过程为学生开发实验室模块，该过程的每个步骤的结果将为后续的迭代提供信息，并导致越来越有效的实施。通过这个项目，已经形成了一个学者社区。教师培训、学生学习和评估完成了这个循环。评估计划密切监测项目活动。此外，开发的评估工具可以识别接受强化培训的高危学生。教授项目课程的教职员工参加特殊项目，帮助他们利用当前可用的主题，如主动学习和课程设计。该项目将继续扩大到各个气象中心，并已与至少三所其他大学建立了合作伙伴关系，其中包括一家为少数族裔服务的机构。此外，PI与俄克拉荷马州气候调查(OCS)合作，通过OCS地球风暴推广计划和NSF数字图书馆为K-12学生和教师开发项目材料。

Interdisciplinary (99) We are refining four undergraduate courses established in Phase I and developing three additional courses offered by the School of Meteorology and the School of Electrical & Computer Engineering. These courses provide hands-on laboratory experiences in the special knowledge and skills necessary for organizing real-time weather data, improving and preparing that data for display, and interpreting its scientific significance. In order to widely disseminate these materials, laboratory modules are being developed for students via an iterative design-implement-test process with results from each step in the process informing successive iterations and leading to increasingly effective implementations. A community of scholars has been developed through this program. Faculty training, student learning, and assessment complete the loop. An assessment plan closely monitors project activities. Moreover, the developed assessment tools identify at-risk students who receive enhanced training. Faculty members teaching project courses participate in special programs to help them utilize currently available topics such as active learning and course design. The project will continue outreach to various meteorological centers and has formed partnerships with at least three other universities, including a minority serving institution. In addition the PI's partner with the Oklahoma Climatological Survey (OCS) to develop project materials for K-12 students and teachers via the OCS EarthStorm outreach program and the NSF digital library.