Interactive Discovery Experiments in Introductory Physics Laboratories

入门物理实验室中的交互式发现实验

• 批准号: 9451743
• 负责人: Michael Hones
• 金额: $ 1.69万
• 依托单位: Villanova University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1994
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1994-08-15 至 1996-07-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9451743&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Interactive; Discovery; Experiments; Introductory; Physics

9451743 Hones The project is to establish an introductory physics laboratory that will emphasize discovery through interactive data analysis, rather than use the more traditional demonstration and verification approach. To effectively implement such a program we need computers directly interfaced to the experiments. We presently have nine Zenith 486 work stations for data analysis, but we need the interfacing equipment. The heart of the project will be the development of new experiments or the modification of existing experiments for the explicit purpose of creating a true laboratory environment in which the students can participate in the discovery and rapid analysis of physical phenomena. The significance of the project is the introduction of computers so that the students will be able to collect the data, analyze it immediately, and then proceed further with additional measurements and analysis, while they are still in the lab and not at home. This approach is further enhanced by interfacing some of the experiments each semester. It makes it possible to perform more experiments in the allowed time frame and to perform experiments in real time not possible at all at this level before. This principal users of this laboratory will be biology majors, and as such several integrated biology/physics experiments will be implemented, the physics being motivated by the biological application. This course is considered intermediate in level among the introductory laboratory courses offered in the physics department, therefore making it easier to implement the methods in the other courses.

这个项目是建立一个介绍性的物理实验室，强调通过交互式数据分析来发现，而不是使用更传统的演示和验证方法。为了有效地实现这样的程序，我们需要计算机直接与实验接口。我们目前有9台Zenith 486工作站用于数据分析，但我们需要接口设备。该项目的核心将是开发新的实验或修改现有的实验，以创造一个真正的实验室环境，使学生能够参与发现和快速分析物理现象。该项目的意义在于引入了计算机，这样学生们就可以在实验室而不是在家的时候收集数据，立即进行分析，然后进行进一步的测量和分析。通过每学期的一些实验，这种方法得到了进一步的加强。这使得在允许的时间框架内进行更多的实验成为可能，并且可以实时地进行实验，这在以前的水平上是完全不可能的。这个实验室的主要用户将是生物学专业的学生，因此将实施几个生物/物理综合实验，物理是由生物应用驱动的。本课程被认为是物理系开设的入门实验课程中的中级水平，因此更容易在其他课程中实施方法。