2021 Virtual Capstone Conference Abstract Detail Page
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| Abstract Title: | When You Are Not the Instructor: Introducing Computation to a Physics Lab Course Taught by Graduate Assistants |
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| Abstract: | Physics lab courses are a good opportunity to introduce computing to students. However, when the course is taught by graduate assistants, with a faculty member serving as course coordinator, unique challenges arise, such as the need to train the graduate instructors and having a computing platform that is accessible to students with minimal support. At Central Michigan University, we started to add computational topics to our "University Physics I" lab course with a typical enrollment of 80-100 students, and set up a dedicated JupyterHub server with Nbgrader to facilitate online grading. The presentation discuss successes and challenges experienced in the years since initiating the project. |
| Abstract Type: | Contributed Talk |
| Submission Category: | Introductory-level |
| Session: | Wednesday Contributed Session |
| Presentation: | Download the Presentation |
| Video: | |
| Abstract DOI: | 10.1119/PICUP.Abstract.2021Capstone.8658 |
Primary Author Information | |
| First name: | Axel |
| Last name: | Mellinger |
| Institution: | Central Michigan University |
| Zip Code: | 48858 |
