Large Scale Use of Computer Interfaced Measuring Devices and Analytical Tools in Student Laboratories

在以微积分和代数为基础的物理导论课程中，将开发新的实验课程。在本课程中，数据的获取和分析是在微型计算机的帮助下完成的。学生将使用计算机收集数据，然后利用计算软件：建立正在研究的现象的理论模型；减少实验数据；执行基本的统计和误差测试；分析实验数据；最后将实验结果与理论模型相结合。本项目选用的设备包括：IBM兼容的计算机和打印机；计算机接口测量装置设计，允许实验与广泛的运动，电和热现象；一个电子表格和一个数学计算工具。这种新的课程模式将大大提高对现象的定性和定量理解，并培养大量具有基本调查技能的学生，这些技能可直接用于工业和/或继续研究。

A new laboratory curriculum in calculus-based and algebra- based introductory physics courses will be developed. In this curriculum the acquisition and analysis of the data is completed with the help of microcomputers. The students will use the computers to collect data then utilize computational software to: build a theoretical model of the phenomena being investigated; reduce the experimental data; perform fundamental statistical and error tests; analyze the experimental data; and finally synthesize the experimental results with the theoretical model. The equipment selected for this project includes: IBM compatible computers and printers; computer interfaced measuring devices designed to allow for experimentation with a broad range of kinematic, electrical and heat phenomena; a spreadsheet and a mathematical computational tool. This new curriculum model will result in significant improvements in both the qualitative and quantitative understanding of the phenomena and produce large numbers of students with fundamental investigative skills directly transferable to industry and/or continued research.