Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Joint Spring 2011 Meeting of the New England Sections of the APS and the AAPT
Volume 56, Number 2
Friday–Saturday, April 8–9, 2011; Lowell, Massachusetts
Session H2: Physics Teaching |
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Chair: Zenobia Lojewska, Springfield College Room: Olney Science Center 0-218 |
Saturday, April 9, 2011 10:00AM - 10:30AM |
H2.00001: Physics With Robotics: A decade with our little electro-mechanical friends Invited Speaker: Robotics tools for secondary classrooms have developed greatly in the past ten years. Currently available robotics resources offer a physics student many opportunities to explore the concepts and skills of physics. Opportunities range from 15-minute prediction testing exercises to multi-week engineering projects and multi-grade outreach projects. Physics skills developed through robotics exercises range from graph interpretation to experimental design. Topics to explore with robotics include kinematics, dynamics, thermodynamics, electricity and magnetism, vibrations, and wave phenomena. This session will provide many specific examples from the authors past decade's work with robotics as a highly engaging student centered physics learning tool. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 9, 2011 10:30AM - 11:00AM |
H2.00002: Exceptional Science Teaching Invited Speaker: What kind of teaching is indicative of an exceptional practice? In this secondary science teacher workshop, participants will explore and consider an array of standards based instructional strategies designed to foster specific types of student learning outcomes. Using a backward design approach, first the goals of science learning will be identified and then the best strategies for achieving those goals will be described. Finally, policies and practices that promote (or stifle) exceptional science teaching will be discussed. Specific examples of classroom teaching will be shared throughout to illustrate the concepts addressed. [Preview Abstract] |
Saturday, April 9, 2011 11:00AM - 11:30AM |
H2.00003: Effective instructional strategies in physics classrooms Invited Speaker: Instructional strategies such as Think-Pair-Share and Socratic questioning are powerful ways to get students engaged in thinking processes. In this talk, tips and techniques that help students make sense of physics concepts in lecture-based classes are presented with specific examples. The participants will see the effectiveness of the instructional strategies by actually experiencing the process as learners with the use of clickers. [Preview Abstract] |
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