Learning from computers about physics teaching

Taylor, Edwin F.

doi:doi:10.1119/1.15350

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American Journal of Physics -- November 1988 -- Volume 56, Issue 11, pp. 975

Learning from computers about physics teaching

Edwin F. Taylor

Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139

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Experience with teaching uses of computers and an analogy between education and nutrition help in reexamining the ways physics is taught, both old and new. The levels of 16 ‘‘educational nutrients’’ for four conventional teaching modes (textbooks, lectures, homework/exams, and standard laboratory) and five uses of computers in education (Tutorial, Demonstration/Simulation, Modeling Toolkit, Laboratory Aid, and Student as Programmer) are estimated. This analysis is used to predict some future developments in college physics teaching.