This website is a digital library of applets with: * More than 100 applets that have mostly been tested in the classrooms. * Accompanying texts about these applets (mostly in Dutch) about background, how to use, goals,  ... more

This website is a digital library of applets with: * More than 100 applets that have mostly been tested in the classrooms. * Accompanying texts about these applets (mostly in Dutch) about background, how to use, goals, experiences, etc. * For many applets accompanying instructional materials (worksheet and problems and such). * Observation reports (mostly in Dutch). * Various memos, reports and (internal) publications about the use of applets and lessons learned. * Publications in journals and books, contributions to conferences, and workshops. The first goal of the WisWeb project was to publish existing applets (computer programs at the internet), to develop them and to try them out. For this purpose teachers tested applets, gave their comments, developed additional instructional materials and they tried applets out in the classroom. Also some new applets were developed, partly based on experiences from the classroom. The teachers also contributed to the development of this website. The second goal of the WisWeb project was to constitute a network of webmasters of mathematics (education) websites in The Netherlands. This network has organised itself in a platform and is having several meetings each school year. Experiences are exchanged, appointments about who does what are made, and new services have been developed. Versions are availalbe in English, French, German and Swedish   less

The Probability and Statistics EBook provides three types of instructional and learning materials: Datasets and natural driving motivational problems. Mathematical techniques and modeling methodologies. Applications with i  ... more

The Probability and Statistics EBook provides three types of instructional and learning materials: Datasets and natural driving motivational problems. Mathematical techniques and modeling methodologies. Applications with interactive Graphical interfaces for statistical computing, data exploration and IT-blended instruction. All learning materials and instructional resources of this EBook are freely accessible via the Internet. This EBook provides a multi-language support. At the bottom of any chapter/section/page one may obtain a machine translation of the page content into a different language. This EBook is not intended to be a one-book-fits-all-curricula textbook. Most instructors that use the Statistics Ebook may customize some of the content, develop additional applications, discuss course-specific data and expand the materials as appropriate to their curricula. The novelty of this Statistics EBook derives from the fact that it successfully integrates mathematical foundations, statistical concepts, interactive experiments, statistical computing resources, simulations, and tools for data analysis and visualization.   less

Naturalist`s World is dedicated to providing educational programs and materials about natural history and ecology. Classes include tracking, carnivore ecology, wildlife observation, rare species, northern lights, and winte  ... more

Naturalist`s World is dedicated to providing educational programs and materials about natural history and ecology. Classes include tracking, carnivore ecology, wildlife observation, rare species, northern lights, and winter ecology. Instructional programs vary from 2 days to 2 weeks. Programs are provided at a variety of locations across North America. To register for classes or to order materials, go to the bottom of this page, select a topic, and visit the new page to view offerings. We have added CyberTracker classes to our curriculum! Tracking, linked with handheld computers and GPS yields modernized field note taking, mapping, and databases. Originated by Louis Leibenburg and Lindsay Steventon, this approach to ancient forms of tracking is revolutionizing the sciences of field biology, natural history, ecology, and wildlife management.   less

Curricula in biology from the TELS center. Topics include: Population Genetics (Evolution) and Genetics (Mitosis and Meiosis). "TELS (the center for Technology Enhanced Learning in Science) brings university researchers together  ... more

Curricula in biology from the TELS center. Topics include: Population Genetics (Evolution) and Genetics (Mitosis and Meiosis). "TELS (the center for Technology Enhanced Learning in Science) brings university researchers together with middle school and high school educators to improve instruction in science. Established by the National Science Foundation as a national Center for Learning and Teaching, TELS is headquartered at the University of California, Berkeley, and is directed by Professor Marcia C. Linn. TELS includes seven universities, a nonprofit educational research and development organization, and seven school districts."   less

Welcome to the beam deflection experimental module. In order to obtain maximum learning benefit from the module it is suggested that the user first read the background material. Then follow the links to enter the laboratory and  ... more

Welcome to the beam deflection experimental module. In order to obtain maximum learning benefit from the module it is suggested that the user first read the background material. Then follow the links to enter the laboratory and carry out the steps of the procedure, which will lead to the collection of the appropriate data. The main objective of this experiment is to learn the theory of beam deflection and test it against the experimental results. This experiment will teach a student how to determine how much a beam bends when a load is placed on it. The simplest form of this experiment involves supporting a rectangular cross-sectioned beam at two points and loading the beam between the supports, and then measuring the deflection. Since beams of all kinds are used in many different kinds of construction, from bridges to houses to furniture, understanding how they bend is useful and instructive for anyone involved in such constructions.   less

Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises. Formal instructional materials have been kept to a minimum, in order  ... more

Mission: Critical is an interactive tutorial for critical thinking, in which you will be introduced to basic concepts through sets of instructions and exercises. Formal instructional materials have been kept to a minimum, in order to take advantage of Mission: Critical's interactive format. Through immediate reinforcement for right and wrong answers to a series of increasingly complex exercises, you will begin to utilize the essential tools of intellectual analysis. Mission: Critical has gone through several major revisions since it first came online in January 1996. Three links: to the original version (1996-1998), to the first version as an online course (1998-99), and to the current version (1999-2000) are found in the software. Though the original is probably the most accessible for the casual user, from its Main Menu, it has not benefited from some of the revisions and additions of subsequent iterations.   less

The content of the courseware for this CD-ROM on Foundry Operations is designed to teach college engineering students and practicing engineers the conepts of foundry operations involving: mold-making, charging of blast furnace a  ... more

The content of the courseware for this CD-ROM on Foundry Operations is designed to teach college engineering students and practicing engineers the conepts of foundry operations involving: mold-making, charging of blast furnace and cupola furnace, metal melting, pouring of molten metal into mold to make castings, and computation of mold-metal interface forces. There is an interactivity between students and this instructional program through animation and robot application. Students are able to input data into the software and get a response. For an example, if wrong data are put into calculating the mold-metal interface forces, the molten metal will run over the mold, showing a negative response. Messages will flag and will indicate what to do to correct the situation.   less

This tutorial demonstrates the polarization effect on light reflected at a specific angle (the Brewster angle) from a transparent medium. The user can vary the refractive index of the material, the wavelength of the light, or th  ... more

This tutorial demonstrates the polarization effect on light reflected at a specific angle (the Brewster angle) from a transparent medium. The user can vary the refractive index of the material, the wavelength of the light, or the angle at which the simulation is viewed. Instructions on how to use the applet are also provided.   less

Trying to better understand how students with different learning styles experience and perform in an introductory materials course. Analysis of student grades and questionnaire responses as a function of students' preferred sensor  ... more

Trying to better understand how students with different learning styles experience and perform in an introductory materials course. Analysis of student grades and questionnaire responses as a function of students' preferred sensory modality and MBTI type has helped identify effective aspects of instructional design. This knowledge will be useed to inform subsequent changes in instructional design.   less

Abstract: In the study reported on here, 65 prospective computer or information science majors (47 male, 18 female) worked through a tutorial on the basics of Perl. All actions were recorded and time-stamped, allowing us to invest  ... more

Abstract: In the study reported on here, 65 prospective computer or information science majors (47 male, 18 female) worked through a tutorial on the basics of Perl. All actions were recorded and time-stamped, allowing us to investigate the relationship between six factors that we believed would predict performance in an introductory computer science (CS) course (as measured by course grade) and how much students would learn from the tutorial (as measured by gain score from pre-test to post-test). These factors are: preparation (SAT score, number of previous CS courses taken, and pre-test score), time spent on the tutorial as a whole and on individual sections, amount and type of experimentation, programming accuracy and/or proficiency, approach to materials that involve mathematical formalisms, and approach to learning highly unfamiliar material (string manipulation procedures). Gender differences with respect to these factors were also investigated.Predictors of grade and gain score included SAT score, pre-test score (negatively correlated with gain), time (negatively correlated with gain and grade), and various measures of programming accuracy and/or proficiency---for example, the total number of program runs that contained errors (negatively correlated with grade and gain). Several measures of experimentation predicted gain score. Experimentation also predicted grade, but only as applied to the least familiar tutorial material. Although experimentation was practiced throughout the tutorial by both sexes, male and female students differed with respect to the types of tutorial topics and tasks they experimented with and the degree of experimentation---for example, male students were more likely to write programs not suggested by the tutorial. These findings suggest that a tutorial such as the one used in this study could serve as an instrument to identify students who are likely to succeed (or not) in an introductory CS course, and that instructional interventions to promote achievement should encourage experimentation, reflection on the results of experiments, care and accuracy.   less