Simulating chaos: an evaluation of the driven pendulum experiment
Computer simulations offer opportunities for learners by providing a model of a realistic situation for them to manipulate. At the Open University we have many years of experience of helping learners to use such simulations in physics teaching, and evaluating the results (see, for example, Every and...
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1997-12-01
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| author | Eileen Scanlon Shelagh Ross Canan Tosunoglu |
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| description | Computer simulations offer opportunities for learners by providing a model of a realistic situation for them to manipulate. At the Open University we have many years of experience of helping learners to use such simulations in physics teaching, and evaluating the results (see, for example, Every and Scanlon, 1984). We present here an account of an attempt to use a computer simulation to help beginning students of physics to learn about chaos. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-6dd17955f2614ea691d9e33b199e8b422022-12-21T23:22:29ZengAssociation for Learning TechnologyResearch in Learning Technology2156-70692156-70771997-12-015110.3402/rlt.v5i1.10553Simulating chaos: an evaluation of the driven pendulum experimentEileen ScanlonShelagh RossCanan TosunogluComputer simulations offer opportunities for learners by providing a model of a realistic situation for them to manipulate. At the Open University we have many years of experience of helping learners to use such simulations in physics teaching, and evaluating the results (see, for example, Every and Scanlon, 1984). We present here an account of an attempt to use a computer simulation to help beginning students of physics to learn about chaos.http://www.researchinlearningtechnology.net/index.php/rlt/article/view/10553 |
| spellingShingle | Eileen Scanlon Shelagh Ross Canan Tosunoglu Simulating chaos: an evaluation of the driven pendulum experiment Research in Learning Technology |
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