Note sulla ricerca nel settore delle applicazioni degli elaboratori nella didattica della fisica

The introduction is a short summary of the development of Computer Aided Learning research. The content of this paper is related mainly to comments on key strategies in educational uses of computers in physics education. Several pedagogical approaches are commented, with special emphasis on the user’s control, considered especially meaningful in helping to solve some critical difficulties in learning basic physics. The Italian CAL researches are briefly presented. Some future trends are also commented.