Research Papers in Physics and Astronomy

 

Title

Numerical Computations in US Undergraduate Physics Courses

Authors

Robert Fuller

Document Type

Article

Date of this Version

September 2006

Comments

Copublished by the IEEE CS and the AIP. Copyright © 2006 IEEE. Used by permission.

Abstract

A recent study conducted via email and Web surveys gathered responses from physics faculty members across the US about their use of numerical computations in the classroom. Responses showed a strong commitment to computational activities from some physics faculty and a frustration over the lack of such activities from others.