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原文传递 TRAC PAC 2 -- A HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.

题名：	TRAC PAC 2 -- A HANDS-ON EDUCATIONAL PROGRAM.
作者：	Miller-JS; Lynn-CW; Massarelli-PJ; Labrie-JD; Page-VE; Brittingham-FM; Wayne-AE; Bell-RL; McNall-RL; Swan-G
关键词：	Education-and-training; Equipment-; High-school-students; Manuals-; Software-; TRAC-PAC-Toolkit; Transportation-careers
摘要：	The original TRAC PAC was introduced in 1994 by the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials (AASHTO) as a set of hands-on education activities designed to interest high school students in transportation and be suitable for classroom use. The goal of this project was to develop a "next generation" TRAC PAC or "Trac PAC 2." This new TRAC PAC contains eight modules (Bridge Builder, Design and Construction, Environmental, Maglev, Motion, Safety, SIMCITY, and Technology) with a total of 36 discrete educational activities. Approximately half of the activities might fall into the "high tech" category in the sense that they use computer hardware, software, or a calculator based lab (CBL), and the other half might be characterized as "low tech" in that they use a magnetic levitation track, trucks, paper-based templates, and other materials that don't require a computer. The TRAC PAC activities include a teacher's manual (with lesson plans, questions to assess student achievement, educational standards, and hints for the volunteer), equipment (such as CBLs, a Maglev track, and impulse pendulum, etc.), and software (data files, bridge design package, Flash animations, and QuickTime movies). A team of educators and transportation professionals designed and built prototypes of the next generation TRAC PACs and sent them to ten different schools throughout the U.S. for testing. Subsequent interviews of the teachers who had tested the PACs provided suggestions for making additional improvements. The process used for designing these activities, the types of feedback received, and the subsequent revisions are highlighted in this report. In addition to the eight module TRAC PAC, a production document has been written to assist AASHTO in deploying the TRAC PAC on a wider scale. At the request of the Panel, the report highlights administrative/policy options that AASHTO may wish to consider in order to enhance the TRAC program as the new TRAC PACs are distributed. Training highlights are also noted.
总页数：	NCHRP Web Document 49. 2002/07. pp68 (Phots., Figs., Tabs., 3 Ref., 3 App.)
报告类型：	科技报告