4460/5460 Schedule
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Tues PER Readings |
Thurs Pedagogy |
1) 8/24 | Introduction: State of Affairs Redish, Teaching Physics (TP), Chapter 1 (p5-15) |
Introduction to PER I (overview of PER and failure of traditional instruction) Complete: FMCE and statement of teaching philosophy |
2) 8/31 | Cognition I: Constructivism 2) Posner, et al: Accomodation of Scientific Conception... 3) diSessa, Changing Minds Chapter 5 Grads def optional: Toward an Epistemology of Physics
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Peer Instruction
Redish TP: 124-34
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3) 9/7 | Cognition II : Knowledge in Pieces and Situated Knowledge TP: Chap 2 29-45; (or to end of chapt 2) grads: Sfard On Two Metaphors. optional Grads: Papert. optional Finkelstein: context in the context .. |
More methods to supplement Lecture Based Teaching: JiTT and ILD’s Read Knight Five Easy Lesson page 81-94 (on NB). Redish Ch. 7 skim pg 124-134, read pg. 134-141 Browse: http://jittdl.physics.iupui.edu/jitt/
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4) 9/14 | Content-based / Misconceptions Based research: McDermott, and Shaffer, “Research as a guide for curriculum development: an example from introductory electricity Parts I & Part II” AJP 60(11), (1992), 994-1013 Grads: Pepper, et al, Observations on student difficulties with mathematics in upper-division electricity and magnetism, PRST: (2012) Optional: Nyguen & Meltzer, Initial understanding of vector concepts among students in introductory physics courses AJP (2003).
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Washington Tutorials Read Knight Five Easy Lesson page 95-106 (on NB). Tutorials In Intro Physics, Instructor Guide, vii-xi, 13-14 Tutorial in Physics, Forces, (download / familiarize.) Grads Finkelstein/Pollock, Replicating ...PRST PER (2005),(UG Skim) Two online surveys CLASS and Belonging. |
5) 9/21 |
Yom kippur (No class; inidivudal or group meetings with Dancy if you schedule with her in advance.) |
Interactive Sims: PhET Dynamics & Forces & N3: PhET Sims, Videos, and practice w simulators Grads: When learning about the real world... |
6) 9/28 | Hidden Curriculum: Attitudes & beliefs: Hammer: Student resources for learning intro physics |
Open Source Tutorials; Work and Energy
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7) 10/5 | Assessment & Evaluation Redish Teaching Physics Chs 4&5 grads: Hake, 6000 student survey... FCI (1998) Outline of project due |
Alternative Problems: Estimation, Ranking Tasks, TIPERS, backward problems, etc. Conservation of Energy, Gravity A.Aarons Chapter 5, Teaching Physics [skim]
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8) 10/12 | Metacognition: Thinking about Thinking[Franklin] Redish: TP:
chap 3 (pp 62 – 68)
Survey of course/ next steps |
Metacogitive Curricula (RIT materials & Elby Pairs) Momentum, Collisions - review your own texts grads: Elby pairs; (optional) |
9) 10/19 | More hidden curriculum --- Goals of education and PER Fish_Why we built the ivory tower Larabee: Public Goods, Private Goods: The American Struggle Over Educational Goals [UG Skim for goals; Gr: Read]
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Apporaches to Broader Goals: Rotational Motion Benezet, The Teaching of Arithmetic: The Story of an experiment Review of alternative school sites. Grads: Gray & Chanoff: Democratic Schooling
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10) 10/26 | Workshop on Projects
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Pbysics of Everyday Thinking and Physics by Inquiry curriculum (non-majors' courses)... Angular Momentum Review of Knight, PET, and PBI
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11) 11/2 | Incusion Diversity Access
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S.A. Bridge Program & COMPASS Project - Christine Lindstrom; Corbo, Dounas-Frazer, Reinholz Static Equilibrium, Torque |
12) 11/9 | Experimentation in Physics, E-CLASS / new lab approaches {Benthany/ Noah] Isle Etkina / VanHeuvelin
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Studio/SCALE-UP/ Modeling Physics curriculum) Redish TP: Ch 9: 170-180 Beichner: Scaleup
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13) 11/16 | International Perspectives (project draft due - a minimum of one draft is due before the final (here or by Dec 5)) |
Project Review Workshop.. review classmates' materials on NB |
14) 11/23 |
Gobble
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(gobble gobble – No Class) |
15) 11/30 |
Educational Transformation Sustaining /Scaling Theories of change, experiments in change and studies of physics education transformations. Henderson, Dancy, Finkelstein, Beach, Chasteen, Pollock and others ... |
Sustaining and Scaling in practice. what do we do? considering practical approaches at various scales. |
16) 12/ 07 |
(project second draft due (optional if you have a previous version submitted)- Dec 5, 5p) |
presentations |
17) 12/ 15 |
Final Exam Period: Tues Dec 15, 7:30p Final Projects Due Tues noon. |