Meten aan de ademhaling m.b.v. een micro-computer: een case-study over de inrichting van computerondersteunende experimenten

Tijdschrift voor Didactiek van de Beta-wetenschappen, uitgegeven door het Freudenthal Instituut, Universiteit Utrecht in de periode 1983-2014

Ellermeijer, A. L. Heijeler, R. Tijdschrift voor Didactiek van de Beta-wetenschappen 1986 – 4(3), 156-167 Download pdf

Micro-computer coupled experiments will get a place in physics teaching for several reasons, and as well in chemistry and biology teaching. Therefore, it is important to trace which arguments should play a role and which should not, in deciding whether or not we will make use of a micro-computer. Also, it is important to find out which demands must be met by such computerized experiments. This article describes the process of development of the spirometer-experiment. In this experiment pupils explore their own breathing. On the basis of class-room experiences the experiment was adjusted several times. The following criteria appeared to be of great importance: 1. giving much of the initiative to the pupils; 2. transparency of the process of measuring; 3. interactive data-processing. The spirometer-experiment is part of the theme ‘Physics of the human body’ of the PLON vwo-bb-projekt, a physics curriculum development project in the Netherlands.