Computer Laboratory for Upper-Level Physics Courses

高级物理课程计算机实验室

• 批准号: 9650788
• 负责人: Jeff Winger
• 金额: $ 0.72万
• 依托单位: Mississippi State University
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-07-01 至 1998-06-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9650788&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Computer; Laboratory; Upper; Level; Physics

This project involves development of a small computer laboratory for use in conjunction with upper-level physics courses. Physics is a field of education which develops understanding of the physical universe; however, the need for mathematical formalism often confounds the student to such an extent that the physical interpretation of events is not obvious. This computer laboratory is being used to help students make the relationships between physical events and the mathematical equations used to describe them. The laboratory is making computer hardware and software available to all the students, thereby leveling the playing field between students who have personal computers and those who do not. It frees students to spend most of their time developing an understanding of physics and not learning to use a computer.

该项目涉及开发一个小型计算机实验室，供高级物理课程使用。物理学是一个培养对物理宇宙的理解的教育领域;然而，对数学形式主义的需要常常使学生困惑到这样一种程度，即对事件的物理解释并不明显。这个计算机实验室被用来帮助学生建立物理事件和用于描述它们的数学方程之间的关系。该实验室正在向所有学生提供计算机硬件和软件，从而使拥有个人计算机的学生和没有个人计算机的学生之间的竞争环境更加公平。它解放了学生花大部分时间来发展对物理的理解，而不是学习使用计算机。