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This collection provides resources from the New Faculty Workshop Reunion hosted by the American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT), in conjunction with the American Astronomical Society (AAS) and the American Physical Society (APS). The reunion was attended by 50 faculty members who attended the New Faculty Workshops between 1996 and 2005. Materials from presentations at the June 25-27, 2007 reunion can be downloaded through the "View attached documents" link below.
Changing the face of physics
This presentation covers the issues of diversity and their importance to the future of physics. download 858kb .pdf
Published: July 10, 2007
Rights: Copyright, Sherry Yennello.
Why having a theory of learning changes what I do in class on Monday Physics education research (PER) has developed a successful multi-decade track record of observational and engineering developments – descriptions of the kinds of difficulties students have in learning introductory physics and instructional environments that help …
Physics education research (PER) has developed a successful multi-decade track record of observational and engineering developments – descriptions of the kinds of difficulties students have in learning introductory physics and instructional environments that help improve their learning. Recently, PER has begun to establish an understanding of the mental mechanisms responsible for some of these difficulties, based on recent developments in cognitive, neural, and behavioral science. These insights are helping to broaden our focus to include intuition and skill development and they are beginning to provide a second generation of instructional reform.
Physlets and Open Source Physics: Teaching with interactive materials across the curriculum Over the past dozen years Davidson College has produced some of the most widely used interactive curricular materials for the teaching of introductory and advanced physics courses. These materials are based on Java applets called Physlets and the new Open Source …
Over the past dozen years Davidson College has produced some of the most widely used interactive curricular materials for the teaching of introductory and advanced physics courses. These materials are based on Java applets called Physlets and the new Open Source Physics (OSP) programs and applications. We will focus on three distinct areas: teaching introductory physics with Physlet-based materials, modeling in intermediate classical mechanics with Easy Java Simulations (EJS), and teaching advanced courses (quantum mechanics and general relativity) with OSP-based materials. Participants are encouraged to bring laptops with a CD drive to the break out sessions for hands-on explorations of Physlets, EJS, and OSP.
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Published: July 10, 2007
Rights: Copyright, Mario Belloni and Wolfgang Christian
Re-envisioning the upper level physics This presentation outlines the experiences of the Oregon State University physics department in their extensive re-design of the upper level undergraduate physics curriculum. It describes the resulting Paradigms in Physics curriculum, the systemic changes that …
This presentation outlines the experiences of the Oregon State University physics department in their extensive re-design of the upper level undergraduate physics curriculum. It describes the resulting Paradigms in Physics curriculum, the systemic changes that occurred in adopting the curriculum, and some of the efforts that had to occur to make the changes.
Six Ideas That Shaped Physics: A new course design for Introductory Physics "Six Ideas That Shaped Physics" represents a comprehensive reorganization of the introductory calculus-based physics course with these goals: (1) to better develop student's practical problem-solving skills, (2) to help them avoid identified misconceptions, (3) to …
"Six Ideas That Shaped Physics" represents a comprehensive reorganization of the introductory calculus-based physics course with these goals: (1) to better develop student's practical problem-solving skills, (2) to help them avoid identified misconceptions, (3) to support the instructor's use of active learning techniques, (4) to make room for contemporary physics, and (5) present even classical topics from a thoroughly modern perspective. This session will introduce some of the significant features that set "Six Ideas" apart from other course designs and demonstrate some of its active-learning tools.
Contemporary Introductory Physics The goal of the contemporary physics enterprise is to explain a broad range of phenomena by using only a very small number of powerful fundamental principles. Matter & Interactions is a modern, calculus-based introductory physics curriculum for engineering and …
The goal of the contemporary physics enterprise is to explain a broad range of phenomena by using only a very small number of powerful fundamental principles. Matter & Interactions is a modern, calculus-based introductory physics curriculum for engineering and science students, which places a strong emphasis on making and using physical models, and on starting from fundamentals in analyzing physical systems. Computational modeling is an integral part of the course. An emphasis on microscopic models and on the atomic nature of matter makes possible the unification of topics that are traditionally taught as disconnected, and allows deeper exploration of the predictive power of fundamental principles. A collaborative project involving Purdue, Georgia Tech, and NC State is focused on institutionalizing this reform curriculum in large universities. For additional information, see:
<a href="https://www.compadre.org/portal/items/detail.cfm?ID=5494">American Association of Physics Teachers. New Faculty Workshop Reunion 2007. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, July 10, 2007.</a>
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New Faculty Workshop Reunion 2007. (2007, July 10). Retrieved May 1, 2025, from American Association of Physics Teachers: https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5494&DocID=252
American Association of Physics Teachers. New Faculty Workshop Reunion 2007. College Park: American Association of Physics Teachers, July 10, 2007. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=5494&DocID=252 (accessed 1 May 2025).
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