Introductory Physics Laboratotries for Nonphysics Students

物理（13）物理入门课的实验室部分可以帮助学生更好地理解基本的物理概念以及如何用数学描述这些概念。这个项目正在修改第一学期课程的实验室，为那些不打算进入物理科学或工程的学生更好地实现这些目标。它正在为学院的学生改造真实的时间物理实验室的主要部分。在这些实验室里，数据在被采集时会以图形的方式显示在计算机上，这使得学生能够在实验中发生的事情和它的数学描述之间建立一种心理联系。这使得这门课程对学生来说更有趣，更有利可图，并降低了流失率。虽然真实的时间物理实验室非常好，但仍有改进的余地。该项目正在介绍这些实验室没有涉及的主题，例如基本误差分析，以及使学生能够更好地理解实验物理的额外练习。该项目是基于成功的这些改进，在另一个物理课，这是在亨特学院任教。

Physics (13) The laboratory part of an introductory physics class can help the students gain a better understanding of basic physical concepts and how these concepts are described mathematically. This project is revising the laboratories for the first- semester course for students who do not plan on going into the physical sciences or engineering to better accomplish these goals. It is adapting major parts of the Real Time Physics laboratories for students at the College. In these laboratories the data are displayed graphically on a computer while they are being taken, and this allows the students to make a mental connection between what is going on in the experiment and its mathematical description. This makes the course a more enjoyable and profitable one for the students and leads to lower attrition rates. While the Real Time Physics laboratories are very good, there is still room for improvement. The project is introducing topics which are not covered in these laboratories, such as elementary error analysis, and additional exercises which enable the students to better understand the physics of the experiment. The project is based on success with these improvements in another physics class which is taught at Hunter College.