Teaching Physics (and Some Computation) Using Intentionally Incorrect Simulations

Anne J. Cox; William F. Junkin; Wolfgang Christian; Mario Belloni; Francisco Esquembre

Physics Teacher Vol. 49, No. 5 (May 2011) pp. 273–276

Computer simulations are widely used in physics instruction because they can aid student visualization of abstract concepts, they can provide multiple representations of concepts (graphical, trajectories, charts), they can approximate real-world...