配合土木工程专业钢结构课程的教学,同济大学在国内率先构建了钢结构多功能教学实验平台,并开设了钢结构基本原理实验课程。实验课分为认识实验、演示实验和自主实验三个部分,满足了不同层次学生的学习需求。演示实验由教师演示讲解,试验项目丰富多彩、紧扣教学大纲,加深了学生对理论知识的理解,弥补了课堂教学的不足；自主实验由学生自主设计和实施,培养了学生的动手能力和学习主动性。实验课开设3年多来,共完成了1500余人次的教学任务,收到了良好的教学效果。

As a supplement of steel structure course, Tongji University took the lead in building a multi-functional test platform for teaching in P. R. China, on which a course named basic principles of steel structures was offered. The test course included cognition test, demo test and self-designed test for students of different levels. Practiced and explained by teachers, a large variety of tests in close accordance with syllabus were included in demo tests, which could deepen students’ understanding of basic theories and make up for the disadvantage of classroom teaching. Self-designed tests were designed and practiced by students, which could improve their practical abilities and study initiative. Within three years of practice, 1 500 students have been involved in the test lessons. The test course achieved good teaching effect.