Over
the past few months, we have used Physlets---small Java-based interactive
physics applets---in conjunction with the Just-in-Time Teaching (JiTT)
approach to present Ranking Task Exercises (RTEs) to our introductory
physics students. RTEs are conceptual questions that require students to
rank variations of a physical situation according to some stated criteria
like velocity or acceleration. Unlike the standard Ranking Task Exercises,
which involve static paper drawings, our new RTEs involve Physlet
animations which students access over the web. Examples of such
Physlet-based Ranking Task Exercises will be presented.
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