2015 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2015

Session

M2-8 Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience (DPE) / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste (DEP)

M2-8

15 Jun 2015, 15:45

University of Alberta

Conveners

M2-8 Teaching Physics to a Wider Audience (DPE) / Enseigner la physique à un auditoire plus vaste (DEP)

• Adam Sarty (Saint Mary's University)

694. Asymmetric Wavefunctions from Tiny Perturbations

Tyler Dauphinee

15/06/2015, 15:45

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Student, Not in Competition) / Orale (Étudiant(e), pas dans la compétition)

We present an undergraduate-accessible analysis of a single quantum particle within a simple double well potential through matrix mechanics techniques. First exploring the behavior in a symmetric double well (and its peculiar wavefunctions), we then examine the effect that varying well asymmetry has on the probability density. We do this by embedding the potential within a larger infinite...

455. An online resource for teaching about energy

Prof. Jason Donev (University of Calgary)

15/06/2015, 16:00

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)

Energy issues are important to Canada, and a logical topic for Canadians to teach. The Energy Education group at the University of Calgary has built a free on-line resource suitable for teaching an 'energy for everyone' course from a physics department. This resource includes interactive data visualizations and real world simulations to help students understand the role of energy in modern society

847. Essential Psychology in Physics - MBTI and You

Dr Jo-Anne Brown (University of Calgary)

15/06/2015, 16:15

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)

According to the wikipedia entry, psychology is an academic and applied discipline that involves the scientific study of mental functions and behaviours. Since learning involves mental functions, it only makes sense that psychology has a role in the classroom - including a post-secondary physics class. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI) is one model that provides a framework for...

848. Essential Psychology in the Physics Classroom - Five Steps to Improve Classroom Effectiveness

Jo-Anne Brown (University of Calgary)

15/06/2015, 16:30

Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)

Oral (Non-Student) / orale (non-étudiant)

Teaching large physics classes - especially to non-physics majors that may have developed an extraordinary aversion to anything math-related - can be a challenge, even for the best instructors. However, there are a few techniques, drawn from psychology, that can help improve the experience for both the instructor and the students. In this talk, I will present a 'five-step program' I...