Development of Interactive Assessment Platform for General Physics Courses

Project Title

Development of Interactive Assessment Platform for General Physics Courses

Project Leader

Prof Nian Lin

School / Dept

SSCI / PHYS

Project Duration

Sept 2009 - Oct 2011

Project Description

To replace the static textual physics assessment provided from textbooks, this project developed an online interactive learning and assessment platform which consists of different levels of real-world physics problems with interactive animations and instant feedback for general physics courses. It aimed at helping students to visualize abstract concepts, to link the conceptual ideas to the mathematics and hence to solve the problems. Game-like approaches were adopted to enable progressive learning.

Project Outcome

• An online platform of interactive problem bank for general physics assessment was developed.

• New problems for general physics were designed.

• Students' understanding of physics conceptsa and ability to apply physics laws to solve real-world problems were enhanced.

• Students' interest in studying general physics was enhanced.

Status

Completed

Project Documents
(Only accessible by HKUST users)

• Project Plan
• Progress Report
• Final Report
• Project-end Review by Project Leader

Adaptation

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