TELEMATIC DETECTION AND ACQUISITION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS NECESSARY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS - Zero Course

Pilar Martínez-Jiménez, Mª Carmen García, Gerardo Pedrós Pérez, Elena Varo Martinez, Marta Varo, David Muñoz Rodriguez

2010

Abstract

The Virtual Laboratory research group of Cordoba University has created a zero level course of physics in which students will find an explanatory web guide with the problems, examples and simulations of the most important themes dealt with in this subject. This is a computer tool which priority and fundamental objective is to detect, in first instance, by means of questionnaires, those physics concepts which are indispensable to the students of 1st year of engineering for a satisfactory command of the physical subjects of that year but which, actually, are unknown to them. It was aimed to emphasize the basic and introductory aspects of Physics as a basic science. In it the students can learn the concepts belonging to some of the traditional disciplines of Physics, such as kinematics, dynamics, electricity, magnetism, etc. This way, it is intended that the students, simply and intuitively with the aid of this portal, become familiarized with those concepts which they have not studied at secondary school and which they should know at the beginning of their engineering degree studies.

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Martínez-Jiménez P., García M., Pedrós Pérez G., Varo Martinez E., Varo M. and Muñoz Rodriguez D. (2010). TELEMATIC DETECTION AND ACQUISITION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS NECESSARY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS - Zero Course . In Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU, ISBN 978-989-674-023-8, pages 383-386. DOI: 10.5220/0002765703830386


in Bibtex Style

@conference{csedu10,
author={Pilar Martínez-Jiménez and Mª Carmen García and Gerardo Pedrós Pérez and Elena Varo Martinez and Marta Varo and David Muñoz Rodriguez},
title={TELEMATIC DETECTION AND ACQUISITION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS NECESSARY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS - Zero Course},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,},
year={2010},
pages={383-386},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002765703830386},
isbn={978-989-674-023-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Computer Supported Education - Volume 1: CSEDU,
TI - TELEMATIC DETECTION AND ACQUISITION OF PRIOR KNOWLEDGE OF PHYSICS NECESSARY FOR ENGINEERING STUDENTS - Zero Course
SN - 978-989-674-023-8
AU - Martínez-Jiménez P.
AU - García M.
AU - Pedrós Pérez G.
AU - Varo Martinez E.
AU - Varo M.
AU - Muñoz Rodriguez D.
PY - 2010
SP - 383
EP - 386
DO - 10.5220/0002765703830386