Biomechanics of Human Movement Laboratory Curriculum

人体运动生物力学实验室课程项目正在创建新的学习材料和基于软件的工具，用于运动机能学，运动科学，物理前治疗和相关领域的本科课程。课程本身体现在一系列基于软件的实验练习中，这些练习是为适应学生的输入而定制的。本实验课程与现有的人体运动生物力学教科书和运动学分析（KA）生物力学研究软件联系在一起。在项目结束时，完整的生物力学课程软件（包括教科书，生物力学研究软件套件和定制开发的实验室课程）将通过零美元，无期限，大学/学生家庭使用许可协议提供给所有感兴趣的教育机构。这将使这些材料能够通过DVD-R光盘广泛分发给学生。智力优势实验课程包括基于软件的课程，以加强学生对与现有课程和教科书相关的主要学习目标的学习。此外，学生通过脚本化的“迷你研究”培养研究数据分析技能。与KA软件相关的练习。实验室练习软件采用条件分支内容排序，这种方法通过根据学生的输入操作内容材料的呈现来改善所有学生的学习体验。例如，作为任何给定的实验练习的一部分，学生在与软件交互时阅读实验内容材料并回答问题。然后，通过分析正确分数的百分比、错误答案的类型和回答之间的时间间隔，软件会动态评估学生对练习各个部分的理解。得分高的学生（通过软件操作）将得到实验室练习的高级部分。分数较低的学生将获得补充基础材料，以便更好地为接下来中等难度的材料做好准备。表现达到预期水平的学生将体验到“正常”的学习体验。课程资料的顺序。实际上，基于软件的实验练习调整了实验课程的细节，以满足个别学生的需要。学生表现的所有衡量标准都存储在学生身上？本地电脑和后来在实验室收集的？S局域网供教师和研究人员使用。新的课程材料可用于本科教育的多个领域，包括运动机能学、运动科学和物理前治疗，并且，当完全开发后，将通过零美元许可协议进行传播。一旦采用，该课程将让学生参与基于视频的生物力学研究，因为该软件将“正常的”生物力学研究转化为“正常的”生物力学研究。个人电脑变成视频分析工作站。目前，商业生产的运动分析软件的高成本和陡峭的学习曲线扼杀了生物力学本科生研究的增长，限制了他们为研究生学习和专业机会做准备的程度。这个项目吗?S研究软件，加上教科书和实验课程提供的实践和理论基础，消除了这些障碍。

The Biomechanics of Human Movement Laboratory Curriculum project is creating new learning materials and software based tools for use in undergraduate programs in kinesiology, exercise science, pre-physical therapy and related areas. The curriculum, itself, is embodied in a series of software-based laboratory exercises custom written to adapt to student input. This laboratory curriculum is tied to an existing Biomechanics of Human Movement textbook and Kinematic Analysis (KA) biomechanics research software. At the conclusion of the project, the software for a complete biomechanics curriculum (including a textbook, a biomechanics research software suite and a custom developed laboratory curriculum) will be available to all interested educational institutions through a zero-dollar, unlimited-term, university / student home use license agreement. This will enable broad distribution of the materials to students on a DVD-R disks. Intellectual Merit The laboratory curriculum includes software-based lessons that reinforce student learning for the primary learning objectives associated with the existing course and textbook. In addition, students develop research data analysis skills through scripted ?mini-research? exercises tied to the KA software. The laboratory exercise software employs conditional branch content sequencing, an approach that improves the learning experience for all students by manipulating the presentation of content materials in response to student input. For example, as part of any given laboratory exercise, students read the laboratory content materials and respond to questions as they interact with the software. Student understanding of the various portions of the exercise is then dynamically evaluated within the software by analyzing the percentage of correct scores, the types of incorrect responses and the time duration between responses. Students that score well are given (via software manipulations) advanced sections for the laboratory exercise. Students that score poorly are given supplementary foundation materials to better prepare them for the moderately difficult materials that will follow. Students that perform at the expected level experience the ?normal? sequence of course materials. In effect, the software based laboratory exercises adapts the details of the laboratory curriculum to meet the needs of the individual student. All measures of student performance are stored on students? local computers and later collected over the laboratory?s local area network for use by the instructor and by the researchers. Broader Impacts The new curriculum materials can be used in undergraduate education for multiple fields include kinesiology, exercise science and pre-physical therapy, and, when fully developed, will be available for dissemination through zero-dollar license agreements. Where adopted, the curriculum will involve students in video-based biomechanical research as the software transforms a ?normal? personal computer into a video analysis workstation. Currently, the high cost and steep learning curves of commercially produced motion analysis software is stifling the growth of undergraduate student research in biomechanics and limiting the extent of their preparation for graduate study and professional opportunities. This project?s research software, coupled with the practical and theoretical foundation provided by the textbook and laboratory curriculum, removes these barriers.