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Wolfgang Christian, Mario Belloni, Dagmara Sokolowska, Anne Cox, and Melissa H. Dancy
Over the past 25 years, the Davidson College Physics Department has developed small computer programs called Physlets. These programs were written in Java and distributed as Java applets embedded in HTML pages. Physics teachers from around the world used Physlets to author interactive computer-based curricular materials for the teaching of introductory and advanced physics courses in multiple languages. Unfortunately, the Java plugin that enabled Java applets, including our original Physlets, to run was removed from browsers in 2018, Removing applet support, though critical for security reasons, was a major setback for physics education, since there had been thousands of applet-based HTML pages developed for physics and mathematics. To address this problem, we have converted Physlets to JavaScript so that they are compatible with all devices, inducing mobile platforms. This paper describes how these JavaScript Physlets can be used to improve teaching.
Physics Education: Volume 55, Issue 4
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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=15366">Christian, W, M. Belloni, D. Sokolowska, A. Cox, and M. Dancy. "Teaching with Physlets." Phys. Educ. 55, no. 4, (May 7, 2020).</a>
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, D. Sokolowska, A. Cox, and M. Dancy, , Phys. Educ. 55 (4), (2020), WWW Document, (https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8103).
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W. Christian, M. Belloni, D. Sokolowska, A. Cox, and M. Dancy, Teaching with Physlets, Phys. Educ. 55 (4), (2020), <https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8103>.
APA Format
Christian, W., Belloni, M., Sokolowska, D., Cox, A., & Dancy, M. (2020, May 7). Teaching with Physlets. Phys. Educ., 55(4). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8103
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Christian, W, M. Belloni, D. Sokolowska, A. Cox, and M. Dancy. "Teaching with Physlets." Phys. Educ. 55, no. 4, (May 7, 2020), https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8103 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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Christian, Wolfgang, Mario Belloni, Dagmara Sokolowska, Anne Cox, and Melissa Dancy. "Teaching with Physlets." Phys. Educ. 55.4 (2020). 1 May 2025 <https://doi.org/10.1088/1361-6552/ab8103>.
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Author = "Wolfgang Christian and Mario Belloni and Dagmara Sokolowska and Anne Cox and Melissa Dancy",
Title = {Teaching with Physlets},
Journal = {Phys. Educ.},
Volume = {55},
Number = {4},
Month = {May},
Year = {2020}
}
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