Tuesday, April 30, 2013

Added Vector Labels

After having several people try out my first lesson (as it stands so far) I realized that it was a bit confusing. Students were not learning WHY the particular vectors go where they go.... They were just guessing and staying CONFUSED.

So I added another transition timer and LABELS for every vector that explain WHAT the vector is whenever the student gets the positioning correct. When they drop a vector in a correct spot a yellow (sharp and bright) label appears for a handful of seconds. The label explains just exactly WHAT the force is caused by. After about five seconds the label just fades out.

Here is an example of one vector label:


Besides the words themselves possibly being in the way momentarily, the student can choose to ignore them and just quickly drop vectors as fast as they wish. They can fill in the entire diagram in 15 seconds or so and each label will just move over to the new vectors as they are drawn in.

Time: 1.5 hours

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