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1. PHYWE goes e-learning with interTESS Independent learning by doing is recognized as being the best method to acquire knowledge. For this reason, PHYWE has successfully offered experimental systems for teaching natural science for many years. In the age of mobile phones and the world of computers, it is becoming increasingly difficult to motivate students with traditional means. They much prefer to play in the computer or surf in the Internet. Future-kids love computers. PHYWE offers a completely novel and optimal combination of excellent practical equipment and interactive, computer supported experimental instructions - interTESS! interTESS helps to both reduce preparation time and make lessons more interesting and more efficient. The student is led step by step through each experiment, and is accompanied during measurement and evaluation: Step 1: Step 2: Step 3: Step 4: Step 5: Step 6: Selection of the experiment Collection of the materials needed Computer-guided experimental setup Detailed instructions for carrying out the experiment Consolidation of acquired learning with questions that can be answered by multiple-choice, drawings or text input All experiments can be individually saved. The print-out of the results can be used as documentation for the student, or for evaluation by the teacher. The password-protected teacher section offers suggested answers to all questions and examples of measurement results. Pre-prepared additional information supports the teacher and reduces preparation time. The results obtained by the students can be assessed simply and quickly. interTESS is first available for the branches mechanics, theory of heat, optics and electricity/electronics: It combines the proven TESS collection of equipment with innovative interTESS software. Printed experimental instructions are also available for the experiments described in interTESS. Further to this, PHYWE offers a diverse range of additional experiments with appropriate instructions. These will, however, be first included in a later version of the interTESS software. PHYWE interTESS is basically available in two versions, a demo version and a fully functional version. Both can be easily and intuitively handled. 1.1. Demo version The free interTESS demo version can be started directly from the CD. As it is programmed in HTML, it can be viewed in common Internet browsers. An installation is not necessary. The demo version provides an overview of the possibilities offered by the fully functional version of interTESS and of the experiments made available in it. The presentation covers the description of the task, the information on the materials required, instructions for a setup, the performance of an experiment with the capture of the results and a part on questions for evaluation and consolidation of knowledge acquired. Interactive functions are reserved for the fully functional version, however. 1.2. The fully functional version Alongside the presentation of the experiments, the fully functional version allows data capture and evaluation, the automatic presentation of measured values in charts, the calling of answers to questions for consolidating and deepening acquired learning. The teacher has at his availability, and password protected, extending information, exemplary measurement results, example charts and suggested answers to the questions presented to the students. The teacher can also open the files containing the results of the students without knowing the specific password. The teacher has the choice of uncovering either all answers or each answer separately at the press of a button. interTESS is based on the programming language Java, and is so extensively independent of the system environment used (Windows, Mac. Linux) with the greatest possible uniformity of the operator surface. interTESS software need only be installed on the fixed disk once, and can thereafter be started as often as required. © 2005 PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG – All rights reserved. (interTESS / Demo / en / 25.02.2005) Page 2 / 6
2. Introduction 2.1. What is TESS TESS stands for PHYWEs “Training and Experimenting System for Students”. TESS covers a wide range of natural science experiments in physics, chemistry and biology. Optimised storage systems contribute to reduced preparation time. Detailed and practical experimental instructions allow safe and successful experimentation. The experimental equipment and printed versions of the experimental literature are also available from PHYWE. They cover a far wider area of natural science, including chemistry and biology, than the present software. Further information is given in the “interTESS_Info” directory on the CD. Alternately, visit us in the Internet under http://www.phywe.com/. Here you can obtain detailed information on further products in the extensive PHYWE line, which covers natural science from the start up to University study and research. Should you require further information on these, do not hesitate to visit us in the Internet, or to contact us directly (see the Imprint). 2.2. What is interTESS interTESS is an interactive software that supports both students and teachers in the setting-up, performance and evaluation of experiments from the PHYWE TESS program. interTESS supplements the known and proven TESS experimental system, and offers teachers and students more different possibilities than the current extensive experimental literature. Students are led through the experiment, and can record results and findings on appropriate forms. These results can be stored and printed. From measurement results, graphs can be generated into diagrams. Numerous additional functions are available for the teacher, protected by a password. In the corresponding sections of this tool, all functions are explained in detail. 2.3. What is the usual structure of the experiments Each experiment consists as a rule of five sections: (Description of the) “Task” “Material” “Setup” (of the experiment) “Action” (Performance of the experiment) “Evaluation” The section with the “Description of the task” exactly defines the problem, outlines the experiment and presents a photo. The “Material” section gives a complete list of the equipment required for the selected experiment, informs on where these are to be found in the storage box and shows the listed material in an overall picture. The “Setup” section gives detailed instructions, with illustrations and useful notes, that take the student through the setting up of the experiment step by step. The “Action” section gives stepwise instructions for carrying out the experiment and provides pre-prepared tables for recording the experimental results. Finally, in the “Evaluation” section, questions lead to an evaluation of the results, and the acquired learning is consolidated and deepened. The fully functional version of interTESS offers the teacher further information, which is protected by a password. In the “Description of the task” section, for example, there are extra notes on carrying out the experiment or on the background to the experiment. In the “Setup” and “Action” sections, and after logging in, the teacher can call exemplary measurement results, charts and answers to the questions that the students have been asked on the documentation and to consolidate and deepen acquired knowledge. A further application is the presentation using a beamer. The contents have been so designed, that an optimal presentation is given even with a resolution of 800 x 600 pixels. An additional possibility that is supported by the software is to first discuss the question, then to uncover the exemplary answer question by question. © 2005 PHYWE Systeme GmbH & Co. KG – All rights reserved. (interTESS / Demo / en / 25.02.2005) Page 3 / 6
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