Using Labview to Increase Experimental Design Skills in an Advanced Undergraduate Physics Laboratory

任何高级物理实验室的一个重要目标是让学生在最少的监督下，设计并实施一个实验方案来研究物理现象。本课题探讨了高等实验室系统培养实验设计技能的教学策略。本课程的一个独特之处在于要求学生为每个直接与数据采集或系统控制相关的实验室经验编写至少一小部分LabVIEW代码。由于LabVIEW是面向图标的，因此学生可以很快地从简单的实验设计任务进展到更复杂的实验设计任务。该部门正在采购计算机、数据采集和GPIB接口板以及LabVIEW软件。本项目是对高级实验课程的强化，对物理专业学生的实验技能有明显的提高。

An important goal in any advanced physics laboratory is for students, with minimal supervision, to design and implement an experimental scheme to study a physical phenomenon. This project concerns a teaching strategy for the advanced laboratory that systematically develops experimental design skills. A unique feature of this course is the requirement of students to write at least a small section of LabVIEW code for each laboratory experience directly pertaining to data acquisition or system control. Since LabVIEW is icon oriented, students are able to progress from simple experimental design tasks to more complicated ones fairly quickly. The department is purchasing computers, data acquisition and GPIB interface boards, and LabVIEW software. This project is enhancing the advanced laboratory course, which is significantly improving the experimental skills of physics majors.