Microcomputer Based Laboratories for Undergraduate Physics

为了改善入门实验室，物理系 将基于微型计算机的实验室（MBL）仪器引入 实验室课程 该设备由8个 微型计算机沿着传感器和软件 在物理系的所有本科生实验室里。 的 传感器与微型计算机连接， 诸如位置、速度、加速度、力 温度、声音和光。 随着测量的进行，数据 以数字和图形的形式显示 可以在以后进行操作和分析， 前所未有的探索、测量和学习物理的能力， 世界 MBL仪器已被证明可以理解 物理现象更容易接近天真的科学学习者， 他们扩展了研究， 从事的 MBL仪器的购买和实施将 这对学生有很大好处，因为最近的教育研究 和认知科学证明了学生 坚实的经验和大量的现象学经验， 发展他们的科学技能和学习概念。 的 大学正在将该奖项与等量的资金相匹配。

To improve the introductory laboratories, the Physics Department is introducing microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) instruments into the laboratory curriculum. The equipment consists of eight microcomputers along with sensors and software that can be utilized in all of the physics department's undergraduate laboratories. The sensors are interfaced to the microcomputers to measure physical quantities such as position, velocity, acceleration, force, temperature, sound and light. As measurements are taken, data obtained by the sensors are displayed in digital and graphical form that can be later manipulated and analyzed giving students unprecedented power to explore, measure, and learn from the physical world. MBL instruments have been shown to make the understanding of physical phenomena more accessible to the naive science learner, and they expand the investigations that more advanced students can undertake. The purchase and implementation of MBL instruments will significantly benefit students because recent research in educational and cognitive science verify the importance for students to have solid empirical and heavily phenomenological experiences in developing their science skills and learning concepts. The University is matching the award with an equal amount of funds.