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Volume 14, Issue 4
1 December 1997
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Case Report| December 01 1997

Using technology in teaching: using integrated computer tools for data acquisition, data analysis and modeling in introductory physics courses

Priscilla W. Laws
Priscilla W. Laws
Coordinator of the Workshop Physics Project, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA
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Publisher: Emerald Publishing
Online ISSN: 2054-5576
Print ISSN: 1065-0741
© MCB UP Limited
1997
Campus-Wide Information Systems (1997) 14 (4): 117–119.
https://doi.org/10.1108/10650749710368030

Describes how Dickinson College (Carlisle, Pennsylvania, USA) has redesigned the teaching methods in introductory physics courses to take advantage of findings in physics education research and introduce students to the use of modern computer tools. Applications include data analysis, graphing and curve fitting; calculations and modeling; video analysis; and microcomputer‐based laboratory tools.

Keywords: Computing, Higher education
© MCB UP Limited
1997
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