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Ronald K. Thornton
The author describes the use of a microcomputer-based laboratory in expanding physical intuition. An example is given with students interacting with a motion detector to produce position-time and velocity-time graphs.
Physics Education: Volume 22, Issue 4, Pages 230 - 238
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![]() <a href="https://www.per-central.org/items/detail.cfm?ID=15035">Thornton, Ronald. "Tools for scientific thinking-microcomputer-based laboratories for physics teaching." Phys. Educ. 22, no. 4, (1987): 230 - 238.</a>
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