Abstract
Summary Following the experience gained in the use of a Hewlett‐Packard Calculator and Plotter as well as a computer in the teaching of quantum mechanics,1,2 we are devising a number of exercises to enrich a first‐year mechanics course, taken jointly by 72 students in Electrical Engineering and Physical Science. Three ‘terminals’ were available: the HP Calculator and Plotter and two Computek graphics terminals attached to a Data General Nova Computer. The course was run on the Keller plan principle.3 The following will be presented: alfa A description of the exercises and of the aims they are designed to achieve. alfa An account of the way students reacted to the work. alfa An attempt to assess the relative advantages of the calculator and the computer. † Work supported by the National Development Programme in Computer Assisted Learning.
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