Teaching with Physlets: Examples from Optics
Physics Education
2009-11-07 v1
Abstract
Physlets are scriptable Java applets that can be used for physics instruction. In this article we discuss the pedagogical foundations of Physlet use and provide a sample of Physlet-based exercises that could be used to teach optics.
Cite
@article{arxiv.physics/0211028,
title = {Teaching with Physlets: Examples from Optics},
author = {Melissa Dancy and Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:physics/0211028},
year = {2009}
}
Comments
Published in The Physics Teacher, November 2002, pp. 494-499. 9 pages, 7 figures