CONCURRENT TUTORIALS AND APPLICATIONS

The use of tutorial programs running side by side with applications programs is an effective way to teach many facets of introductory instrumentation and measurements. Side-by-side tutorials were implemented for teaching the use of instrumentation in stand-alone and IEEE-488-controlled situations and the display and analysis of the data in various applications programs. The hardware and software needed are described. By this approach, tutorials can be written by faculty, researchers, and students for teaching applications for which no commercial tutorials are available. Side-by-side tutorials have been implemented in Windows on International Business Machines (IBM) or IBM clone platforms by using the Borland C/C++ compiler. Windows permits the authors of the lesson to include code and code fragments that can be copied and pasted from the lesson program into the compiler program while both run simultaneously under Windows. The combination of Windows, an authoring system, and a Windows-compatible compiler permits the development of lessons that incorporate important pedagogical principles. Students can be given varied repetitions while actively interacting with the lessons. Feedback can be immediate and effective.

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• Authors:
  • Mastascusa, E J
  • Aburdene, Maurice F
• Publication Date: 1994-10

Language

• English

Media Info

• Features: Figures;
• Pagination: p. 96-98
• Monograph Title: Innovations in instrumentation and data acquisition systems
• Serial:
  • Transportation Research Record
  • Issue Number: 1432
  • Publisher: Transportation Research Board
  • ISSN: 0361-1981

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Instrumentation; Measurement; Software; Testing equipment; Utilization
• Uncontrolled Terms: Hardware; Laboratory equipment; Tutorials
• Subject Areas: Geotechnology; Highways; Research; I42: Soil Mechanics;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00668950
• Record Type: Publication
• ISBN: 0309055148
• Files: TRIS, TRB
• Created Date: Nov 8 1994 12:00AM