Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”

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written by Corinne A. Manogue, Leonard Cerny, Elizabeth Gire, Donald B. Mountcastle, Edward Price, and Emily H. van Zee

In this targeted poster session, curriculum developers presented their favorite upper-division activity to small groups of session participants. The developers and participants were asked to identify hidden curriculum goals related to "thinking like a physicist" and discuss how the different styles of activities might help students achieve these goals.

Physics Education Research Conference 2010
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Portland, Oregon: July 21-22, 2010
Volume 1289, Pages 37-40

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Published: August 24, 2010

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Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Course Goals General Physics - Scientific Reasoning	- Upper Undergraduate	- Instructional Material = Lecture/Presentation - Reference Material = Report

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.3515242
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Restriction:: © 2010 American Institute of Physics
A preprint of the work is available. A hard copy of the PERC 2010 proceedings is available for purchase from the AIP.
DOI:: 10.1063/1.3515242
NSF Numbers:: 0088901; 0231032; 0231194; 0618877
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb; 01.40.Ha; 01.40.G-
Keywords:: "thinking like a physicist", PERC 2010, active learning, upper division
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created October 6, 2010 by Alea Smith
Record Updated:: June 14, 2011 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: August 24, 2010
Other Collections:: The PER-Central

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<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=10378">Manogue, C, L. Cerny, E. Gire, D. Mountcastle, E. Price, and E. van Zee. "Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010.</a>

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C. Manogue, L. Cerny, E. Gire, D. Mountcastle, E. Price, and E. van Zee, , presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, WWW Document, (https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10378&DocID=1851).

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C. Manogue, L. Cerny, E. Gire, D. Mountcastle, E. Price, and E. van Zee, Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”, presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, 2010, <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10378&DocID=1851>.

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Manogue, C., Cerny, L., Gire, E., Mountcastle, D., Price, E., & van Zee, E. (2010, July 21-22). Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”. Paper presented at Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon. Retrieved May 1, 2025, from https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10378&DocID=1851

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Manogue, C, L. Cerny, E. Gire, D. Mountcastle, E. Price, and E. van Zee. "Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2010, Portland, Oregon, July 21-22, 2010. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10378&DocID=1851 (accessed 1 May 2025).

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Manogue, Corinne, Leonard Cerny, Elizabeth Gire, Donald Mountcastle, Edward Price, and Emily H. van Zee. "Upper-Division Activities That Foster “Thinking Like A Physicist”." Physics Education Research Conference 2010. Portland, Oregon: 2010. 37-40 Vol. 1289 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 1 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=10378&DocID=1851>.

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