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Teaching A level physics through microcomputer dynamic modelling: Evaluation of teaching
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.tb00325.x
Subject(s) - mathematics education , microcomputer , preference , physics education , teaching method , nap , group (periodic table) , computer science , mathematics , psychology , physics , statistics , quantum mechanics , neuroscience , telecommunications , chip
This paper describes an evaluation of teaching A level Physics through dynamic modelling. This teaching was carried out with a group of 12 lower sixth Nuffield A level Physics students and was evaluated with three tests internal to the school and with the external public Nuffield A level Physics (NAP) examination which those students later took. The internal school tests showed that the treatment group performed better than an equivalent non‐treatment group in both general ability and in a few particular skills. The public NAP examination showed no superiority of the treatment group, but indicated a significant preference for an optional question that involved mathematical skills, even though none of the treatment group took mathematics at A level. Comments are made about the educational significance of dynamic modelling and about computers in education generally.