Computerization of Physics Laboratory (CPL)

ILI的请求来自MVCC物理科学系为期两年半的“试点项目”。本课程包括实验室开发和测试基于微电脑的应用程序，以提高物理实验室的经验，进一步提高学生的批判性思维能力。我们的目标是：(1)使某些传统实验的性能现代化；(2)为引入某些基于认知的学习体验提供一个平台；(3)通过使用基于数值的开放式模拟练习来激发学习和创造性思维；(4)让学生接触到对他们的课程很重要的新兴物理技术。我们的目标正在通过建立一个“最先进的”完全联网的基于麦金塔的物理实验室来实现。物理实验室已经建立了八(8)台工作站，正用于完成我们的目标。新的实验室和教学技术正在发展，以整合工程物理、普通物理、描述天文学和摄影科学技术的最新成果。我们的长期目标是开发一个多学科的课程结构，以满足我们四年制转学机构的新需求。

The ILI request results from a two and one-half year MVCC Physical Science Department "pilot program". This program involves the laboratory development and testing of microcomputer-based applications to improve the physics laboratory experience and further enhance the students' critical thinking skills. Our objectives are to: (1) modernize performance of certain traditional experiments, (2) provide a platform for Introducing certain cognitive based learning experiences, (3) stimulate learning and creative thinking by the use of numerical based open-ended simulation exercises, and (4) expose students to emerging physics based technologies important to their curricula. Our objectives are being accomplished by the creation of a "state of the art" fully networked Macintosh based physics lab. Eight (8) workstations have been set up in the physics laboratory and are being used to accomplish our objectives. New laboratories and instructional techniques are being developed to integrate the latest in Engineering Physics, General Physics, Descriptive Astronomy, and Photographic Science technologies. Our long range goal is to develop a multi-disciplinary course structure to meet the emerging demands of our four-year transfer institutions.