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What Are Microcomputer-Based Laboratories (MBLs) for? An Example from Introductory Kinematics
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, Haifa University, Israel ; , Physics Project—Tomorrow 98, Israel

JCMST Volume 21, Number 3, ISSN 0731-9258 Publisher: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE), Waynesville, NC USA

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Teaching physics in the laboratory, and more specifically, the use of computers in the physics laboratory is a question of worldwide concern. In this article the authors shall try to validate the use of microcomputer-based laboratories (MBL), based both on theoretical and empirical grounds. Furthermore, an example of an MBL in introductory kinematics is proposed.

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Trumper, R. & Gelbman, M. (2002). What Are Microcomputer-Based Laboratories (MBLs) for? An Example from Introductory Kinematics. Journal of Computers in Mathematics and Science Teaching, 21(3), 207-227. Norfolk, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Retrieved January 27, 2023 from .

© 2002 Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE)

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