Announcing Upcoming Outreach
Physics Instructors who want to learn more about Workshop Physics (and related curricular and computer tools) should consider taking one or more of the upcoming workshops.
Workshops at the Winter AAPT Meeting 2016 in New Orleans, LA
Sunday, January 10, 2016, 8:00 AM – 12:00 PM
- Priscilla Laws
- David Sokoloff
- Ronald Thornton
Fun, Engaging and Effective Labs and Demos in Mechanics and Optics with Clickers, Video Analysis and Computer-Based Tools
Half-day workshop. Next offering at AAPT Winter Meeting, New Orleans, LA, January10, 2016.
RealTime Physics and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations have been available for over 15 years—so what’s new? Participants in this workshop will have hands-on experience with some of the new activities in RTP and ILD using of clickers, video analysis and computer-based tools to teach mechanics and optics concepts. These active learning approaches for lectures, labs, and recitations (tutorials) are fun, engaging and validated by physics education research (PER). Research results demonstrating the effectiveness of these curricula will be presented. The following will be distributed: Modules from the Third Edition of RTP, the ILD book, and Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite by E.F. Redish. For more information, contact David Sokoloff. Pre-registration required. To register, go to the AAPT Web-Site.
RealTime Physics (RTP) and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) have been available for over 15 years–so what’s new? The just released Third Edition of RTP includes five new labs on basic electricity and magnetism in Module 3 as well a new approaches to projectile motion in Module 1. Some of these new labs make use of video analysis. Also new are clicker-based ILDs. This hands-on workshop is designed for those who want to make effective use of active learning with computer-based tools in their introductory courses. These active learning approaches for lectures, labs, and recitations (tutorials) are based on physics education research PER). Participants will work with new activities as well as original ones. The following will be distributed: Modules from the Third Edition of RTP, the ILD book, the Physics with Video Analysis book and CD, and Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite by E.F. Redish. Partially supported by the National Science Foundation.
Link: http://aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/workshops.cfm
Also at Summer AAPT Meeting, Sacramento, CA, July, 2016.
Papers at the Winter AAPT Meeting 2016 in New Orleans, LA
Date and Time TBA:
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations–Physics Suite Materials that Enhance Learning in Lecture
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
Ronald Thornton, Tufts University
The results of physics education research and the availability of microcomputer-based tools have led to the development of the activity-based Physics Suite. Most of the Suite materials are designed for hands-on learning, for example student-oriented laboratory curricula like RealTime Physics. One reason for the success of these materials is that they encourage students to take an active part in their learning. This interactive session will demonstrate–through active audience participation‚ Suite materials designed to promote active learning in lecture–Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs). The demonstrations will be drawn from energy, heat and thermodynamics, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, light and optics. Results of studies on the effectiveness of this approach will be presented. This session should be of special interest to teachers of large lecture classes as well as those who teach small classes where only one computer is available.
For more information, contact David Sokoloff. No pre-registration required. For more information on location, go to the AAPT Web-Site.
Interaction Effects of Interactive Video Vignettes on Student Understanding
Kathy Koenig, University of Cincinnati
Kathy Koenig, University of CincinnatiRonald Thornton, Tufts University
Multiple short, single topic interactive video vignettes (IVVs) have now been developed and tested by the LivePhoto Physics Group (www.compadre.org/IVV). As part of an evaluation to determine the impact of each IVV on student understanding of certain concepts, studies have been conducted that compared two groups of students; those completing the IVVs as homework assignments in college level introductory courses to those who did not complete them. Both groups were pre- and post-tested using the Force Concept Inventory. Past presentations of our research findings focused on the impact on student understanding for single IVVs. This presentation will focus on how multiple IVVs, when used in combination, better target student learning of certain concepts. Supported by NSF TUES (DUE 1123118 & 1122828).
Saturday or Sunday, July 28 or 29, 2012 (TBA)
Advanced Video Analysis
Aaron Titus, High Point University
Bob Teese, Rochester Institute of Technology
Pat Cooney, Millersville University
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
Maxine Willis, Dickinson College
More details will follow.
Link: http://aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/workshops.cfm
Chautauqua Special Short Course
July 28 – 30, 2016 in Portland, OR
Active Learning in Introductory Physics Courses: Research-Based Strategies that Improve Student Learning
All college, university and high school teachers* of Introductory Physics are invited to attend.
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
Ronald Thornton, Tufts University
Designed for those who teach introductory physics at universities, colleges and high schools, this hands-on course is designed for those wanting to make learning in their introductory courses more active, using research-validated, classroom-tested strategies that have been demonstrated to improve learning.
Participants will be introduced to strategies for each component of the introductory course such as Interactive Lecture Demonstration (ILDs), RealTime Physics (RTP) labs, Collaborative Problem-Solving Tutorials, Workshop Physics (WP), Physics with Video Analysis (PVA), and related online video analysis exercises. The course will also include the use of video analysis to identify analytic functions describing real data. Among other recent developments are (1) new 3rd ed. RTP E & M labs using video analysis, (2) ILDs using clickers, and (3) online homework using Interactive Video Vignettes (IVVs). Topics will be chosen from both semesters of introductory physics. Research on the effectiveness of these strategies will also be discussed.
The tools and software used in these active learning curricula are compatible with Macintosh and Windows OS, and with the popular interfaces and sensors. Participants will receive complimentary printed copies of the curricula (published by Wiley and Vernier, and also available for high school use as the ABP High School E-dition). Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite, a comprehensive book by E.F. Redish (University of Maryland) on strategies for implementing physics education research-based curricula, will also be distributed.
The course fee is $200. (EARLY BIRDS: Note that a reduced Early Bird course fee of $180 applies until April 15!)
For more information:
click here:http://pages.uoregon.edu/sokoloff/CHAUT.htm
or contact:
David Sokoloff
Department of Physics
1274 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1274
E-mail: sokoloff@uoregon.edu
Phone: (541) 346-4755
Fax: (541) 346-5861