Bremen 2001 – wissenschaftliches Programm

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DD: Didaktik der Physik

DD 1: Computer im Physikunterricht I

DD 1.2: Vortrag

Mittwoch, 21. März 2001, 11:35–11:55, H2

Physics Learning and Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL), MBL as a technological and as cognitive tool — •Jonte Bernhard — Linköping University, Campus Norrköping, S-60218 Norrköping, Sweden

Microcomputer Based Laboratory (MBL) was introduced into physics teaching more than one decade ago. An attachment of a sensor to a computer creates a very powerful system for collection, analysis and display of experimental data. In an MBL-lab students do real experiments, not simulated ones, using different sensors (force, motion, temperature, light, sound, EKG …) connected to a computer via an interface. Different cases of physics instructors implementation of MBL in physics teaching have been studied. When implemented as a technological tool only, poor learning results were observed, while when MBL were used as both a technological and cognitive tool good learning results were observed. New technology thus does not necessarily lead to better learning. When developing and implementing computer aided learning we must focus as much on the cognitive aspects as on the technological aspects. Also we must focus on instructors conceptions of teaching and learning since this affect their understanding of curricular reforms and lead to transformations of original developers educational intentions.