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* {{quotation | Probeware refers to educational applications of probes, interfaces, and software used for real-time data acquisition, display, and analysis with a computer or calculator. Probeware is also known as Microcomputer Based Lab, or MBL. By connecting probes to a computer running suitable software, students can observe data displayed in a variety of formats as it is being collected.}} ([http://www.concord.org/themes/probeware.html Probeware], retrieved 22:21, 21 July 2006 (MEST)) | * {{quotation | Probeware refers to educational applications of probes, interfaces, and software used for real-time data acquisition, display, and analysis with a computer or calculator. Probeware is also known as Microcomputer Based Lab, or MBL. By connecting probes to a computer running suitable software, students can observe data displayed in a variety of formats as it is being collected.}} ([http://www.concord.org/themes/probeware.html Probeware], retrieved 22:21, 21 July 2006 (MEST)) | ||
See also: [[microworld]]s, [[simulation]], [[virtual laboratory]] (since in principle probeware can be connected to such systems). | |||
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* Schultz, S. (2003). Promoting Powerful Teaching and Students' Learning in Science using Probeware. In Kommers, P., & Richards, G. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1849-1851). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [http://www.aace.org/newdl/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=14108 Abstract/PDF] | * Schultz, S. (2003). Promoting Powerful Teaching and Students' Learning in Science using Probeware. In Kommers, P., & Richards, G. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1849-1851). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. [http://www.aace.org/newdl/index.cfm?fuseaction=Reader.ViewAbstract&paper_id=14108 Abstract/PDF] | ||
* Shari J. Metcalf, Robert F. Tinker, Probeware and Handhelds in Elementary and Middle School Science, Journal of Science Education and Technology, Volume 13, Issue 1, Mar 2004, Pages 43 - 49, DOI 10.1023/B:JOST.0000019637.22473.02, URL [http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/B:JOST.0000019637.22473.02 HTML] | |||
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Revision as of 22:24, 21 July 2006
- “Probeware refers to educational applications of probes, interfaces, and software used for real-time data acquisition, display, and analysis with a computer or calculator. Probeware is also known as Microcomputer Based Lab, or MBL. By connecting probes to a computer running suitable software, students can observe data displayed in a variety of formats as it is being collected.” (Probeware, retrieved 22:21, 21 July 2006 (MEST))
See also: microworlds, simulation, virtual laboratory (since in principle probeware can be connected to such systems).
Links
References
- Robert Tinker, A History of Probeware, PDF
- Schultz, S. (2003). Promoting Powerful Teaching and Students' Learning in Science using Probeware. In Kommers, P., & Richards, G. (Eds.), Proceedings of World Conference on Educational Multimedia, Hypermedia and Telecommunications 2003 (pp. 1849-1851). Chesapeake, VA: AACE. Abstract/PDF
- Shari J. Metcalf, Robert F. Tinker, Probeware and Handhelds in Elementary and Middle School Science, Journal of Science Education and Technology, Volume 13, Issue 1, Mar 2004, Pages 43 - 49, DOI 10.1023/B:JOST.0000019637.22473.02, URL HTML