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Title:	Computer Graphics and Physics Teaching.
Authors:	Bork, Alfred M., Ballard, Richard, California Univ., Irvine. Physics Computer Development Project.
Peer Reviewed:	N
Page Count:	9
Publication Date:	1972
Sponsoring Agency:	National Science Foundation, Washington, DC.
Descriptors:	Computer Assisted Instruction, Computer Graphics, Computer Programs, Display Systems, Instructional Innovation, Physics, Program Descriptions, Programed Instruction, Science Instruction
Abstract:	New, more versatile and inexpensive terminals will make computer graphics more feasible in science instruction than before. This paper describes the use of graphics in physics teaching at the University of California at Irvine. Commands and software are detailed in established programs, which include a lunar landing simulation and a program which teaches the laws of motion. Graphic teaching is held to be more intuitive than nongraphic and the possibility of student-written graphics (once software is perfected) is considered favorably. (RB)
Journal Code:	RIEJUL1972
Entry Date:	1972
Accession Number:	ED060616
Database:	ERIC

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Abstract:	New, more versatile and inexpensive terminals will make computer graphics more feasible in science instruction than before. This paper describes the use of graphics in physics teaching at the University of California at Irvine. Commands and software are detailed in established programs, which include a lunar landing simulation and a program which teaches the laws of motion. Graphic teaching is held to be more intuitive than nongraphic and the possibility of student-written graphics (once software is perfected) is considered favorably. (RB)