Teaching and Learning Physics
week V assignments

Tues 9/21: looking at underpinning theories of cognition: robust knowledge structures and knowledge in pieces

Redish, Teaching and Learning Physics: begin chapter 2: pp 18-29 and 42-43; 142-146 - D. Raymondson

diSessa (handed out in class / available at my office): Chapter 5 _Changing Minds_ - D. Benjamin

Thurs 9/23: Electric potential

Elect. Potential HRW: pp 565 - 585

Note this is different (SHORTER) than the assignment on the syllabus

YOUR HOMEWORK HAS ALSO CHANGED FOR THIS WEEK:

in ADDITION to the chapter summary, your job is to SELECT 4 questions for this chapter. For each question:

• include the question
• list what the goals of the question are -- what is it getting at
• what the students should do to solve the question
• why this is a good question -- why it reaches these goals.

Identify area of interest for project - Turn in 1 paragraph description -- due in class