Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo

Introduction

Contact

Chance Hoellwarth
Associate Professor of Physics
choellwa@calpoly.edu
805-756-1665

Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo Website

Cal Poly completed its PhysTEC funding period in 2006-2007. The focus of Cal Poly's project was developing and assessing sustainable course reforms, increasing collaboration with the local school districts through a Teacher Advisory Group (TAG), and institutionalizing on-campus TIRs. Cal Poly now has one university-funded TIR. Day-by-day plans have been developed for both introductory calculus-based physics and physical science for elementary teachers, to allow interactive course reforms to be institutionalized regardless of the particular instructor teaching a given course. Faculty and TIRs also worked with local teachers in the TAG to develop and evaluate observation instruments to use in the introductory pedagogy course.

Faculty

Chance Hoellwarth Chance Hoellwarth

Teachers-in-Residence

Michael Landino (2003-2004) Michael Landino (2003-2004)
Nancy Stauch (2004-present) Nancy Stauch (2004-present)
David Buck-Moyer (2005-2007) David Buck-Moyer (2005-2007)