Announcing Upcoming Workshops
Physics Instructors who want to learn more about Workshop Physics
(and related curricular and computer tools) should consider
taking one or more of the upcoming workshops.
Workshops at the Summer
AAPT Meeting 2012 in Philadelphia PA
Saturday or Sunday, July 28 or 29, 2012 (TBA)
New RTP and ILD Tools and Curricula: Video Analysis,
Clickers and E & M Labs
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
Ronald Thornton, Tufts University
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
RealTime Physics (RTP) and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations
(ILDs) have been available for over 15 years--so what's new? The just
released Third Edition of RTP includes five new labs on basic electricity
and magnetism in Module 3 as well a new approaches to projectile motion
in Module 1. Some of these new labs make use of video analysis. Also new
are clicker-based ILDs. This hands-on workshop is designed for those who
want to make effective use of active learning with computer-based tools
in their introductory courses. These active learning approaches for lectures,
labs, and recitations (tutorials) are based on physics education research
PER). Participants will work with new activities as well as original ones.
The following will be distributed: Modules from the Third Edition of RTP,
the ILD book, the Physics with Video Analysis book and CD, and Teaching
Physics with the Physics Suite by E.F. Redish. Partially supported by the
National Science Foundation.
Link:
http://aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/workshops.cfm
Date and Time TBA:
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations--Physics
Suite Materials that Enhance Learning in Lecture
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
Ronald Thornton, Tufts University
The results of physics education research and the
availability of microcomputer-based tools have led to the development
of the activity-based Physics Suite. Most of the Suite materials are
designed for hands-on learning, for example student-oriented laboratory
curricula like RealTime Physics. One reason for the success of these
materials is that they encourage students to take an active part in
their learning. This interactive session will demonstrate--through
active audience participation‚ Suite materials designed to promote
active learning in lecture--Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs).
The demonstrations will be drawn from energy, heat and thermodynamics,
oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, light and optics.
Results of studies on the effectiveness of this approach will be
presented. This session should be of special interest to teachers
of large lecture classes as well as those who teach small classes
where only one computer is available.
For more information, contact
David Sokoloff. No pre-registration required. For more information on
location, go to the
AAPT Web-Site.
Saturday or Sunday, July 28 or 29, 2012 (TBA)
Advanced Video Analysis
Aaron Titus, High Point University
Bob Teese, Rochester Institute of Technology
Pat Cooney, Millersville University
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
Maxine Willis, Dickinson College
More details will follow.
Link:
http://aapt.org/Conferences/sm2012/workshops.cfm
Chautauqua Short Course
June 22-24, 2012 in Portland, OR
Research-Based Active Learning in Introductory Physics
NEW: Including RealTime Physics 3rd Edition, Clicker Interactive
Lecture Demos and Video Analysis
Priscilla Laws, Dickinson College
David Sokoloff, University of Oregon
Ronald Thornton, Tufts University
This hands-on course is designed for those interested in making
learning in their introductory course more active either within a traditional
course structure (lectures, labs, and recitation hours), or by re-structuring
their course (e.g., into a workshop or studio course).
Participants will be introduced to physics education research-validated
strategies for each component of the introductory course such as Interactive
Lecture Demonstration (ILDs), RealTime Physics (RTP) labs, Activity Based
Tutorials, Collaborative Problem-Solving Tutorials, Workshop Physics along
with strategies for analytic mathematical modeling. Some recent developments include
the new electricity and magnetism labs in the 3rd Ed. of RTP, ILDs using
personal response systems (clickers), and interactive video analysis. The
tools and software accompanying these active learning strategies are
available for both Macintosh and Windows computers.
Results of studies on the effectiveness of these curricula will also be
discussed. Participants will receive complimentary copies of the active
learning curricula, along with Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite,
a comprehensive book by E.F. Redish (University of Maryland) on strategies
for implementing physics education research-based curricula. (The curricula
are also available in a more convenient form for high school use on the
Activity-Based High School CD.) Physics topics will be chosen from both
semesters of the introductory physics course.
For more information and to register, visit the Chautaqua website at
http://www.calchautauqua.net, or contact:
David Sokoloff
Department of Physics
1274 University of Oregon
Eugene, OR 97403-1274
E-mail: sokoloff@uoregon.edu
Phone: (541) 346-4755
Fax: (541) 346-5861