Meterial Development on Computer-Assisted Cultivation Environment Education

在以往的研究中，我们发现通过比较试验区和对照区植物的生长和收获情况，可以有效地提高学生对栽培实践教育的兴趣。我们还发现，将我们学院开发的计算机化天气观测系统引入到栽培实践教学中是有益的。鉴于这些发现，我们认为学生将从系统的计算机化系统与比较培养相结合的实践教育中获益更多。因此，在本研究中，我们开发了一个计算机化的观测系统。一台小型个人计算机处理一台监测仪、一个个人气象观测站和电视文本，收集到的信息由监测系统输出。此外，为了提高系统的质量，我们尝试建立局域网。然而，由于计算机和操作系统的差异，虽然我们发现每个子系统都是一个有用的观测设备，但我们无法使系统完全电脑化。在栽培实践中，学生们监测了几种不同条件下植物的种植时间和覆盖情况。通过计算机系统，学生们能够获得有关栽培条件和植物生长的更精确的数据。让同学们对种植环境与植物生长的关系有了更深入的了解。因此，许多学生似乎对实践教育的兴趣比以前更大了。因此，使用计算机的栽培实践模式被发现更有效。在未来，我们希望建立一个更有效的培养实践教育。

In the previous studies, we found it effective to raise students' interest in cultivation practice education by having them compare the growth and harvest of the plants in experimental sections with those in control sections. We also found that it was useful to introduce a computerized weather observation system developed by our faculty to cultivation practice education. In the light of these findings, we assumed that students would have more benefit from the practice education which combines a systematic computerized system with comparative cultivation.Thus, in this study, we developed a computerized observation system. A censor, a personal weather observatory, and teletext were processed by a compact personal computer and the information collected was output by the monitor system. Furthermore, in order to enhance the quality of the system, we tried to establish a local area network. However, because of the difference in computer and operation system, we could not make the system computerized completely although each sub-system was found to be a useful observation device.In the cultivation practice, the students monitored plants under several different conditions in terms of planting time and mulching. The students were able to obtain more precise data concerning cultivation conditions and plant growth by the computerized system. As a result, the students were able to understand the relationship between cultivation environment and plant growth more deeply. Consequently, many students seemed to increase their interest in the practice education more than before. Thus, the cultivation practice model in which a computer was used was found to be more effective. In future, we would like to establish a more effective cultivation practice education.