A concept for undergraduate mechanics courses at universities is introduced
where traditional pencil-paper based exercises are partially replaced by
experimental exercises, in which smartphones are used as measurement
devices. A detailed guidance for practical realization and implementation of
these tasks formats into the course is presented. Three smartphone-based
experimental exercises ‘The tilting smartphone’, ‘The oscillation balance’
and ‘Using the Smartphone in a Torsion Pendulum’ are presented. First
empirical results with respect to the learning achievement indicate a mid size
effect on the understanding of the physical concepts. Compared to the
traditional pencil-paper based exercises, the students performance in the
experimental exercises is slightly lower, although the motivation to solve
these tasks is higher.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:85072 |
| Date | 02 May 2023 |
| Creators | Kaps, Andreas, Splith, Daniel Thomas, Stallmach, Frank |
| Publisher | IOP Publishing |
| Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
| Relation | 1361-6552, 035004 |
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