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American Journal of Physics -- April 2008 -- Volume 76, Issue 4, pp. 307

Computational physics in the introductory calculus-based course

Ruth Chabay and Bruce Sherwood

Department of Physics, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina 27695

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The integration of computation into the introductory calculus-based physics course can potentially provide significant support for the development of conceptual understanding. Computation can support three-dimensional visualizations of abstract quantities, offer opportunities to construct symbolic rather than numeric solutions to problems, and provide experience with the use of vectors as coordinate-free entities. Computation can also allow students to explore models in a way not possible using the analytical tools available to first-year students. We describe how we have incorporated computer programming into an introductory calculus-based course taken by science and engineering students.

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Keywords

educational aids, physics education

PACS

  • 01.50.ht

    Instructional computer use

  • 02.70.-c

    Computational techniques; simulations

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Received Sep 2007
Accepted Dec 2007
Online Mar 2008

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0002-9505 (print)  

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