Data Logging

    There are many advantages from using data logging especially in addressing students’ problems in learning. Firstly, it provides time for students to think and watch, rather than spending all their time recording data. By using this tool, experiment can do without need to have a person present. Data logging is more accurate there is no likelihood for human error.  Measurements are always taken at the right time. Unlike a human the computer will not forget to take a reading or take a reading a little bit too late. Mistakes are not made in reading the results. Humans can make errors when e.g. they read the temperature off a thermometer. Graphs and tables of results can be produced automatically by the data logging software. Another advantage of data-logging is that regular data can be collected over very long time periods or with very short time intervals that would be impossible or impractical for a human operator. Data logging equipment can record hundreds of readings in less than a second. Time intervals for collecting data can be very frequent and regular for example, hundred of measurement per second.

  Some of  problems in integrating the use of data logging in the classroom are if the data logging equipment breaks down or malfunctions, some data could be lost or not recorded and equipment can be expensive for small tasks. Besides, not all school in our country has data logging just certain school have it. In addition, equipment will only take reading at the logging interval which has been set up. If something unexpected happens between recordings, the data will not be collected. 

  In order to overcome this problem, every school should provide with this device so that students can take the beneficial from it and use it effectively. Suitable and better data logging also must be prepared in every laboratory. It is because in some school they have the data logging but not functional well. So the students could not use it in their experiment and must do the experiment through the traditional ways.