Occupant motion sensors: rotational accelerometer development. Technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

An analysis of motorcycle side impact. Interim report of test results.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Crashworthiness analysis of the UMTA state-of-the-art cars. Final report.

Transportation Systems Center, Cambridge, Mass.

Automobile consumer information study crash test program. Volume I. Summary report. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

RSV test monitoring and data publication - Renault R20TS-to-Calspan RSV 75 degree right side impact at Renault. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

RSV test monitoring and data publication - Renault R20TS-to-Calspan RSV 75 degree left side impact at Peugeot. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Experimental evaluation of the deployment of an air bag restraint using human subjects (stationary body buck). Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Basic research in crashworthiness II - low speed impact tests of modified vehicles. Interim technical report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Oblique angle crash tests of loaded heavy trucks into an instrumented wall. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Development and evaluation of steering assembly countermeasures. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Analysis of decelerator, accelerator and shock cord propelled rebound sleds for evaluating air bag restraints. Final report.

Mode of access: Internet.

School bus seat restraint and seat anchorage system. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

Seat belt performance in 30 mph barrier impacts. NHTSA technical report.

Mode of access: Internet.

Simulations of rollover tests. Final report.

National Highway Traffic Safety Administration, Washington, D.C.

The role of microcomputer-based laboratory display in supporting the construction of new understanding in kinematics

Teachers' failure to utilise MBL activities more widely may be due to not recognising their capacity to transform the nature of laboratory activities to be more consistent with contemporary constructivist theories of learning. This research aimed to increase understanding of how MBL activities specifically designed to be consistent with a constructivist theory of learning support or constrain student construction of understanding. The first author conducted the research with his Year 11 physics class of 29 students. Dyads completed nine tasks relating to kinematics using a Predict-Observe-Explain format. Data sources included video and audio recordings of students and teacher during four 70-minute sessions, students' display graphs and written notes, semi-structured student interviews, and the teacher's journal. The study identifies the actors and describes the patterns of interactions in the MBL. Analysis of students' discourse and actions identified many instances where students' initial understanding of kinematics were mediated in multiple ways. Students invented numerous techniques for manipulating data in the service of their emerging understanding. The findings are presented as eight assertions. Recommendations are made for developing pedagogical strategies incorporating MBL activities which will likely catalyse student construction of understanding.