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The Aim,
the Signaficance, and the Expected Outcomes of the Project:
One
of the most effective methods of education is the participation of the
student to the learning process in an active way and its enthusiasm in
that direction.The use of computers can improve the quality and
effectiveness of physics education in various ways. The use of computers
in tutorials can make the study of the subject more attractive and the
study habits of the students more systematic. The use of computers in labs
can increase the motivation of the students to do the experiments and to
improve the understanding of their data. Moreover this enables the
students be free of unnecessary laboratory burdens. For example, the use
of computers enable more precisious data like temperature, velocity data
luminosity etc. The use of computers in lectures enables the lecturer to
present figures and graphs in an exact and clearer form and enables to
perform small animations and simulations to explain (especially
experimental aspects of ) the physics behind the formula. By using
computers each student can study the topic in accordance with his speed of
learning and educational background. Hence there will be a significant
improvement in success of the students.
Although there
have been many research studıes and some applications at present there is
still a long way to go. Especially in the areas of a better cooperation of
simulation and real lab studies, full use of different present software
possibilities (which usually cover only a part of the full curriculum and
are scattered) and their better cooperation into the lecture and lab
studies need further study. The
accomplishment of this project will provide this university the
opportunity to gain the frontier technologies and make additional
contributions in the area of computer-aided physics education. This will
help to bring Turkish universities to the frontiers in this area. It
should be seen as one of the first attempts to allow them to gain and to
make contributions to produce the newest technologies in this area.
Moreover the results of this study can also been used to enhance the level
of physics education in high schools through computer-aided teaching. In
summary this project is important as one of the pioneering studies to
enable Turkey to catch one of the leading technologies of tomorrow.
Research Matterial and Method
- In the first year of the project all necessary software, hardware,
books and journals will be supplied.
- Then the necessary pictures and diagrams will be obtained and
General Physics experiments will be recorded in avi or mpeg format by
digital camera.
- In the next step the General Physics topicsis will be shared by the
project personell and proposed scenarios will be discussed.
- The scenarios (which are agreed upon) will be carried to
computer-aided platforms by using the matterial supplied in the
context of the project.
- In the second year the project will be finalized by presenting the
outcome present to students to test its impact. The evaulation of
these tests will be presented in international and national scientific
meetings and in journals.
- In future the results of these studies considered to be used in the
context of distant education in national scale.
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