Development of Software and Curricular Materials for the Incorporation of Computer Simulations into the Undergraduate Physics Curriculum

正在开发的课程材料和基于java的软件使教师更容易将计算机应用纳入本科物理课程。特别是，首席研究员与卡拉马祖学院的Jan Tobochnik和戴维森学院的Wolfgang Christian合作，正在开发一个广泛而强大的Java实用程序和模板库，使其相对容易地在各种环境中开发计算机模拟和动画。该软件是平台独立的、开源的、免费的。此外，第三版（Java）我们流行的本科水平的计算机模拟文本正在开发的时间框架内的工作。

Physics (13) Curriculum materials and Java-based software are being developed to make it easier forfaculty to incorporate computer applications into the undergraduate physics curriculum.In particular, the principal investigator, in colloboration with Jan Tobochnik ofKalamazoo College and Wolfgang Christian of Davidson College, is developing an extensiveand powerful library of Java utilities and templates that make it relatively easy todevelop computer simulations and animations in a variety of contexts. The software isplatform independent and open source and available at no cost. In addition, the third(Java) edition of our popular undergraduate level computer simulation text is being developedduring the time frame of the work.