Engineering researchers from the University of Wollongong, University of Tasmania and the University of Technology Sydney are investigating ways to improve the teaching of introductory mechanics classes. The project, funded by a $150,000 grant from the Australian Learning and Teaching Council, aims to develop a way to identify students likely to struggle with their courses, and compile new and existing resources for lecturers to help them. It will start in October or November and run for 18 months. According to project leader Prof Tim McCarthy, the findings could help decrease the high drop-out and failure rates in engineering courses, and warn some students that engineering is not for them. Some of the students in McCarthy's third-year engineering design classes still struggle with first-year material. By improving introductory mechanics subjects he hopes all students will be able to understand the fundamental concepts in their first year.
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机译：卧龙岗大学，塔斯马尼亚大学和悉尼科技大学的工程研究人员正在研究改善入门力学课程教学的方法。该项目由澳大利亚学与教委员会（Australian Learning and Teaching Council）拨款15万加元资助，旨在开发一种方法，以识别可能在课程上遇到困难的学生，并为教师提供新的和现有的资源以帮助他们。它将从10月或11月开始，持续18个月。据项目负责人蒂姆·麦卡锡教授说，这些发现可以帮助减少工程课程中的高辍学率和失败率，并警告一些学生工程学不适合他们。麦卡锡（McCarthy）的三年级工程设计班的某些学生仍在为一年级的材料而苦苦挣扎。他希望通过改善入门力学课程，他希望所有学生在第一年都能理解基本概念。
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