Indicates a research-demonstrated benefit

CU upper-division E&M curriculum

Overview

These materials are supplements to traditionally taught upper-division E&M I. They include explicit learning goals, interactive lectures, transformed homework problems, common student difficulties, tutorials, in-class group activities, and clicker questions. All materials are modular and can be mixed and matched with any other teaching strategy and materials you would normally use.  These materials were developed as part of a comprehensive project to reform the upper-division physics program.

	Type of Method	Full curriculum, Curriculum supplement, Tutorials
	Level	Designed for: Advanced Undergraduate Can be adapted for: Intermediate Undergraduate, Graduate
	Setting	Designed for: Lecture - Large (30+ students), Lecture - Small (<30 students), Recitation/Discussion Session, Homework Can be adapted for: Out-of-class tutorials
	Coverage	Many topics with less depth, Traditional upper-division E&M I coverage (e.g. first half of Griffiths text)
	Topics	Electricity / Magnetism
	Instructor Effort	Medium
	Resource Needs	Teaching Assistants / Learning Assistants, Clickers, Projector in class
	Skills	Designed for: Problem-solving skills, Conceptual understanding of physics content, Enjoyment of physics, Connecting conceptual and mathematical understanding, Coherent framework for physics, Think like a scientist, Representing knowledge in multiple ways, Identifying appropriate method to solve particular problems, Faculty attention to student difficulties. Can be adapted for: Understanding how physics relates to the real world, Reflecting on one's own learning
	Research Validation	Based on research into: how students learn, student ideas about specific topics Demonstrated to improve: scores on multiple choice conceptual tests, scores on written conceptual tests Studied using: conceptual pre/post exams, problem-solving pre/post exams, student interviews, classroom observations, video of students, research conducted at multiple institutions
	Compatible Methods	Peer Instruction, PhET, JiTT, CGPS, Physlets, SCALE-UP, OSP, LA Program, CAE TPS, TEFA, Paradigms, Tutorials, Clickers
	Similar Methods	CU Modern, CU QM, Paradigms
	Developer(s)	Steven Pollock, Stephanie Chasteen, and many others in the CU PER group and the CU Physics department
	Website	http://www.colorado.edu/sei/departments/physics_3310.htm