We start with an exposition of the situation of the physics education community at the
beginning of the 21st century. We revise the findings of physics education research and then
make a short survey of the different possible uses of computers in education as well as point …

The computer has revolutionized the way we do physics, but surprisingly, it has not
significantly altered the way we teach physics. Talks and papers on teaching with computers
fill the meetings and journals of the American Association of Physics Teachers, and …

This talk describes a new approach for large-scale computational problems which is
particularly effective when a relatively simple algorithm is used. We demonstrate that it is
possible to design and construct, at modest cost, special purpose computers for various …

" Physics is said to be a difficult subject. Among the reasons for the learner's difficulties, one
has been subject to intense research: the naive conceptual framework in which students
insist to explain the world around them. Nevertheless, there have been more questions …

"":. 11., __ he computer has become a mandatory tool in academia and business. A walk
around a university campus is likely to show that there are as many computers as there are
students, faculty and staff. Outside the campus, many of our daily activities have to do with …

On the program it says this is a keynote speech—and I don't know what a keynote speech is.
I do not intend in any way to suggest what should be in this meeting as a keynote of the
subjects or anything like that. I have my own things to say and to talk about and there's no …

The tenth-anniversary year a/Computers in Physics comes on the heels ofmany celebrations
ofthe 50th birthday ofthe modern computer age. Major anniversaries tend to stimulate the
publication ofrelated books, and this one is I/O exception. As part ofelP'. I'anniversary, we …

Reviewers of The Emperor's Neuv Mind are behaving like the proverbial blind men faced
with an elephant. If you read many of us, and we are to be found in a considerable range of
technical and popular publications, you might wonder whether any of us are talking about …

Experience with teaching uses of computers and an analogy between education and
nutrition help in reexamining the ways physics is taught, both old and new. The levels of 16
''educational nutrients''for four conventional teaching modes (textbooks, lectures …

This resource letter provides a source of information for physics teachers who wish to use
computers in physics education. The letter ''E''after a reference indicates a relatively
elementary item useful for people just beginning to develop an interest in using computers; …