This supplementary text material is meant to suggest ways in which the computer can increase students' intuitive understanding of fields and waves. The first way allows the student to produce a number of examples of the physics discussed in the text. For example, more complicated field and potential maps, or intensity patterns, can be drawn from…

A series of three computer-generated films intended to serve as teaching aids in presenting ideas concerning the motion of electrons in periodic potential. (DF)

There is a misconception among undergraduate students that global warming is caused by holes in the ozone layer. In this study, we evaluated the presence of this and other misconceptions surrounding atmospheric chemistry that are responsible for the entanglement of the greenhouse effect and the ozone hole in students' conceptual frameworks. We…

The symposium was organized in an attempt to focus attention on self-paced methods in chemistry at all levels of undergraduate instruction. In this volume, 21 papers are presented in which the major intent of each is to individualize instruction. Several of the entries appear under the heading of the Keller Plan, a self-pacing instructional…

Discusses the use of computer-generated holograms to calculate the Fourier transforms of simple stick objects. (MLH)

An experiment assigned in a role-playing'' modern physics lab for juniors who are challenged to obtain accurate measurement with suboptimum apparatus through correct analysis. They also investigate the influence of systematic errors using a small computer. (DF)

A student method for the calculation of the electron wavefunction in a central-field potential using the technique of numerical calculation of stationary state solutions. (DF)

Informs about the availability of three sets of computer-oriented curriculum materials which are used to discuss problems in geometric optics, mechanics, and wave motion, respectively. Included is the publisher's address. (CC)

Describes the use of a desk-top computer as an aid to analyze strobe photographs. Applications are illustrated for collision of pucks and the motion of a ball on a rubber band. (DS)

This review has a section devoted to each of the following conference topics: Monographs, Film, Experiment Sequences, Computer-assisted Instruction, Designing a Unit of Instruction, and Toward New Solutions. Each section contains background discussion on the rationale, philosophy, and importance for improvements in the area being considered. The…

This report discusses the development and implementation of computer-related teaching materials for undergraduate physics courses. A list of the computer dialogs developed, with a short description of each, is included. The types of dialog are: (1) development of an interactive proof, (2) assistance in problem solving, (3) diagnosing and filling…