In the past decade, a number of environments to support hands-on exercises for undergraduateand graduate-level networking courses have been developed. In this position paper, we consider the successful model of a graduate-level laboratory-based course, and how similarly compelling handson experiences may be brought to a wider audience at the undergraduate level. While there are significant chal...

We report on the initial field tests of Learning Physical Science (LEPS), a new curriculum adapted from Physical Science and Everyday Thinking (PSET). PSET is an inquiry-based, hands-on, physical science curriculum that includes an explicit focus on nature of science and nature of learning. PSET was developed for small enrollment discussion/lab settings. The Learning Physical Science (LEPS) cur...

This poster discusses work on the design of a visual-based programming language for physical computing and mobile tools for the learners to actively document and reflect on their projects. These are parts of a European project that is investigating how to generate, analyze, use and provide feedback from analytics derived from hands-on learning activities. Our aim is to raise a discussion about ...

A teaching model for the early diagnosis of congenital dislocation of the hip was evaluated. The physical signs of the dislocated hip and of the dislocatable hip closely simulated the true signs. The model was an excellent teaching aid and it enabled the students to gain practical experience in examining abnormal hips. The ability of the students to carry out the standard tests was also evaluat...

We applied a physical model of the human vocal tract, which was originally designed for simulating English /r/, and tested whether the model can produce a certain range of vowels, especially mid front vowels. We first confirmed that the model can produce such vowels with high intelligibility. By changing the tongue height of the model, learners can adjust the vowel quality by listening to the o...

How to integrate simulation-based engineering and science (SBES) into the science curriculum smoothly is a challenging question. For the importance of SBES to be appreciated, the core value of simulations—that they help people understand natural phenomena and solve engineering problems—must be taught. A strategy to achieve this goal is to introduce computational experiments to the science curri...