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| Abstract Title: | A Framework for Adopting Modeling in Upper-Division Lectures and Labs |
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| Abstract: | Modeling, the practice of developing, testing, and refining models of physical systems, is gaining support as a key scientific practice, and is included in the new Framework for K-12 Science Education released by the National Research Council. Modeling Instruction, RealTime Physics, Matter & Interactions, and other model-based curricula have introduced a modeling emphasis to many classrooms at the high school and introductory college level, but there has been little move to include modeling in the upper-division lecture or lab courses. In this poster we present a framework for adopting modeling into existing lab courses as part of general strategy for scientific inquiry. We also present a model of laboratory modeling that includes modeling the physical and measurement systems and their relationship. We elucidate the framework through the specific example of a polarization of light lab. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Poster Presentation |
Author/Organizer Information | |
| Primary Contact: |
Heather Lewandowski University of Colorado |
| Co-Author(s) and Co-Presenter(s) |
Benjamin Zwickl, University of Colorado Noah Finkelstein, University of Colorado |
