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Teaching A level physics through microcomputer dynamic modelling: Teaching methods
Author(s) -
Wong D.
Publication year - 1987
Publication title -
journal of computer assisted learning
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.583
H-Index - 93
eISSN - 1365-2729
pISSN - 0266-4909
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2729.1987.tb00317.x
Subject(s) - microcomputer , computer science , computer assisted instruction , computer modelling , teaching method , simulation , mathematics education , computer software , multimedia , computational science , mathematics , telecommunications , chip
This paper describes the DYNAMIC MODELLING SYSTEM (DMS) computer program, some features of microcomputer dynamic models and the teaching of A level Physics through these models. The technique of dynamic modelling is interesting because it allows computer models of a given physical system to be written in mathematically different ways, and because models of different systems may be shown to be structurally very similar. Teaching through dynamic modelling allows active student participation in learning, and classroom examples of this are described. Some conjectures are made as to how dynamic modelling gives rise to the phenomena observed in the classroom.