A Computer Laboratory to Support General Education Oceanography and Earth Science Courses

支持普通教育海洋学和地球科学课程的计算机实验室

• 批准号: 9451070
• 负责人: William Prothero
• 金额: $ 6万
• 依托单位: University of California-Santa Barbara
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-09-01 至 1996-08-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451070&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Laboratory; Support; General; Education

9451070 Prothero A new Macintosh computer laboratory is being set up specifically for our lower division introductory geological science courses. The two courses this laboratory is serving are Introduction to oceanography (GS-4), serving 3OO/qtr, and General Geology (GS-2), also serving 3OO/qtr. They satisfy a "quantitative science" requirement for the degree. Either of these may be the only science course many students are exposed to in their college career. They are also where many of our majors are inspired to begin the study of the earth sciences, which means they are of vital importance both in creating an informed electorate and in maintaining a steady stream of future scientists. The development of computer assisted material for both GS-4 and GS-2 is being actively pursued by W. Prothero (and other Geology faculty) with both NSF and internal UCSB funding. Our goal is to provide each student with an exciting and dynamic learning experience through the use of "hands-on" learning tools. We are creating data rich learning modules that encourage the student to explore and learn or re-discover fundamental principles or ideas. In these courses, lower division non-majors have access to analysis tools and data that have previously been available only to graduate students. We expect these courses to become models of effective teaching in large class settings.

9451070 Prothero专门为我们的下级介绍性地质科学课程而建立了一个新的Macintosh计算机实验室。 该实验室服务的两个课程是海洋学简介（GS-4），服务3OO/QTR和一般地质（GS-2），也提供3oo/qtr。 他们满足该学位的“定量科学”要求。 这些都可能是许多学生在大学生涯中接触的唯一科学课程。 它们也是许多我们的专业人士受到启发开始研究地球科学的地方，这意味着他们在创建知情的选民以及维持稳定的未来科学家方面至关重要。 W. Prothero（以及其他地质学教师）正在积极追求GS-4和GS-2的计算机辅助材料的开发，并通过NSF和内部UCSB资助。我们的目标是通过使用“动手”学习工具为每个学生提供令人兴奋的动态学习经验。我们正在创建数据丰富的学习模块，鼓励学生探索和学习或重新发现基本原则或想法。 在这些课程中，下级非委员会可以访问以前仅适用于研究生的分析工具和数据。 我们希望这些课程将成为大型班级环境中有效教学的模型。