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Summary
Following the experience gained in the use of a Hewlett‐Packard Calculator and Plotter as well as a computer in the teaching of quantum mechanics,1,2 we are devising a number of exercises to enrich a first‐year mechanics course, taken jointly by 72 students in Electrical Engineering and Physical Science. Three ‘terminals’ were available: the HP Calculator and Plotter and two Computek graphics terminals attached to a Data General Nova Computer. The course was run on the Keller plan principle.3 The following will be presented:
| alfa | A description of the exercises and of the aims they are designed to achieve. | ||||
| alfa | An account of the way students reacted to the work. | ||||
| alfa | An attempt to assess the relative advantages of the calculator and the computer. | ||||
† Work supported by the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning.
Notes
† Work supported by the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning.