Increasing interest and awareness about teaching in science undergraduates

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written by Chandralekha Singh, Laura J. Moin, and Christian D. Schunn

We discuss the development, implementation, and assessment of a course for science undergraduates designed to help them develop an awareness and a deeper appreciation of the intellectual demands of physics teaching. The course focused on increasing student enthusiasm and confidence in teaching by providing well supported teaching opportunities and exposure to physics education research. The course assessment methods include 1) pre/post-test measures of attitude and expectations about science teaching, 2) self and peer evaluation of student teaching, 3) content-based pre/post-tests given to students who received instruction from the student teachers, and 4) audio-taped focus group discussions in the absence of the instructor and TA to evaluate student perspective on different aspects of the course and its impact.

Physics Education Research Conference 2005
Part of the PER Conference Invited Paper series
Salt Lake City, Utah: August 10-11, 2005
Volume 818, Pages 7-10

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Published: February 14, 2006

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Education Foundations - Student Characteristics = Affect Education Practices - Curriculum Development = Course - Recruitment = Shortages - Teacher Preparation = Curricula = Research	- Lower Undergraduate - Upper Undergraduate	- Reference Material = Research study

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Mirror:: https://doi.org/10.1063/1.2177010
Access Rights:: Available for purchase
Restriction:: © 2005 American Institute of Physics
DOI:: 10.1063/1.2177010
PACSs:: 01.40.Fk; 01.40.gb; 01.40.Di
Keywords:: PERC 2005, educational courses, teacher preparation courses, teaching
Record Cloner:: Metadata instance created May 8, 2009 by Jenny Rempel
Record Updated:: July 9, 2013 by Lyle Barbato
Last Update when Cataloged:: February 14, 2006
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Singh, C, L. Moin, and C. Schunn. "Increasing interest and awareness about teaching in science undergraduates." Paper presented at the Physics Education Research Conference 2005, Salt Lake City, Utah, August 10-11, 2005. https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8883&DocID=3494 (accessed 2 May 2025).

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Singh, Chandralekha, Laura Moin, and Christian Schunn. "Increasing interest and awareness about teaching in science undergraduates." Physics Education Research Conference 2005. Salt Lake City, Utah: 2005. 7-10 Vol. 818 of PER Conference Invited Paper. 2 May 2025 <https://www.compadre.org/Repository/document/ServeFile.cfm?ID=8883&DocID=3494>.

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