2021 Virtual Capstone Conference Abstract Detail Page
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| Abstract Title: | Why physics instructors choose to include computation in their courses |
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| Abstract: | Computation is a central aspect of 21st century physics practice and physics departments are increasingly recognizing the importance of teaching computation to their students. We completed a national survey of 1257 faculty in physics departments to understand the state of computational instruction and the factors that underlie that instruction. We then used supervised machine learning to explore the factors that are most predictive of whether a faculty member decides to include computation in their physics courses. We find that faculty's experience with computation and the benefits they believe computation provides are most predictive of including it in their courses. |
| Abstract Type: | Invited Talk |
| Submission Category: | Departmental / Curriculum-wide |
| Session: | Wednesday Invited Session: The State of Integrating Computation |
| Acknowledgement of funding: | This work was supported by the National Science Foundation's Division of Undergraduate Education (DUE-1431776 and DUE-1432363) and by Michigan State University |
| Presentation: | Download the Presentation |
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| Abstract DOI: | 10.1119/PICUP.Abstract.2021Capstone.8368 |
Primary Author Information | |
| First name: | Nicholas |
| Last name: | Young |
| Institution: | Michigan State University |
Co-Author Information | |
| Additional Co-authors or Co-presenters: | Grant Allen, Michigan State University; John M. Aiken, University of Oslo; Rachel Henderson, Michigan State University; Marcos. D. Caballero, Michigan State University, University of Oslo |
