Login

2019 CAP Congress / Congrès de l'ACP 2019

2–7 Jun 2019
Simon Fraser University
America/Vancouver timezone
Welcome to the 2019 CAP Congress Program website! / Bienvenue au siteweb du programme du Congrès de l'ACP 2019 !

Support

Session

W1-2 Teaching for Physics Skills Development (DPE) | Développement d'aptitudes pour l'enseignement de la physique (DEP)

W1-2
5 Jun 2019, 10:45
Simon Fraser University

Simon Fraser University

Conveners

W1-2 Teaching for Physics Skills Development (DPE) | Développement d'aptitudes pour l'enseignement de la physique (DEP)

  • Patricia Mitchler

Presentation materials

There are no materials yet.

  1. 2401. Reforming Intro Physics Labs to Focus on Innovation, Creativity, and Scientific Skills
    Dr Mats Selen (University of Illinois)
    05/06/2019, 10:45
    Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
    Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

    Approaching a question without fear; coming up with an idea; designing an experiment; understanding assumptions; interpreting data; reasoning from evidence. Many physicists would claim they do this for a living, and most would be delighted to observe this behavior in their students, yet for a variety of reasons this is often not what we encourage in our introductory physics labs.
    We have...

    Go to contribution page
  2. 2471. Using an embedded expert to redesign physics undergraduate lab curriculum and build an intellectual community
    Dr Bei Cai (Queen's University)
    05/06/2019, 11:15
    Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
    Oral (Non-Student) / Orale (non-étudiant(e))

    The Department of Physics, Engineering Physics and Astronomy at Queen's University has embarked on a journal of transforming its upper year undergraduate lab courses using a backward design strategy. Student learning activities and course assessments have been redeveloped to align with a common set of learning objectives adapted from the recommendations for the Undergraduate Physics Laboratory...

    Go to contribution page
  3. 2513. Conceptual Understanding Through Visual Reasoning: An Example from Quantum Mechanics
    Dr Gina Passante (California State University Fullerton)
    05/06/2019, 11:30
    Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
    Invited Speaker / Conférencier(ère) invité(e)

    Analyzing, constructing, and translating between graphical, pictorial, and mathematical representations of physics ideas and reasoning flexibly through them is a key characteristic of expertise. Abundant research shows that university physics students at all levels struggle to employ representations consistently and reflectively, but little instruction in physics is explicitly designed with...

    Go to contribution page
  4. 2492. Integration and Evaluation of Coding in First Year Integrated Physics and Calculus Courses.
    Matt Steffler (University of Guelph)
    05/06/2019, 12:00
    Physics Education / Enseignement de la physique (DPE-DEP)
    Oral not-in-competition (Graduate Student) / Orale non-compétitive (Étudiant(e) du 2e ou 3e cycle)

    It has been recognized that computational skills are essential for the modern physicist, whether as a third “branch” of physics alongside experimental and theoretical, or as a toolset that is fundamental to the work of both theorists and experimentalists. In recognition of this, both the American Association of Physics Teachers and the American Physical Society have issued calls for...

    Go to contribution page
Building timetable...