A Microcomputer-Based Contribution to Scientific and Technological Literacy

Teaching physics in the laboratory, and more specifically the use of computers in the physics laboratory, is a question of worldwide concern. In this manuscript we shall try to validate the use of microcomputer-based laboratories (MBL), on both theoretical and empirical grounds, and their contribution to scientific and technological literacy. Furthermore, we propose a simple MBL laboratory dealing with the voltage–current characteristics of several components and some of its technological implications.

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