Physics
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Goals and Methods
* Tendencies: 2001, Inquiry-based teaching idea has been around for some
time; e-learning is emerging.
@ General references: Morrison AJP(64)jun;
Crane AJP(68)dec;
Pflug pr(87); Berry
ed-88; Schwartz AJP(90)nov;
Romer AJP(90)dec;
McDermott AJP(91)apr;
Van Heuvelen AJP(91)oct,
AJP(91)oct;
Lochhead AJP(91)nov;
Dresden 92; Jennison 94; Wolf PT(94)oct;
Knight 03 [r AJP(04)mar];
Redish 03; Raine pw(04)jan;
Ellse & Osborne pw(04)jan
[for whom?]; Henderson AJP(05)aug
[challenges]; Wieman & Perkins PT(05)nov;
Grayson PT(06)feb;
Griffiths pw(09)sep [role of teacher].
@ Physics education research: Hestenes AJP(98)jun;
McDermott & Redish AJP(99)sep-RL;
Holcomb
AJP(01)apr
[comment]; Heron & Meltzer AJP(05)may;
Henderson & Dancy AJP(08)jan,
Henderson AJP(08)feb
[vs implementation].
@ Philosophical perspectives: Blachowicz BJPS(09) [textbook treatment of the
scientific method].
@ Interactive: Hake AJP(98)jan
[vs traditional]; Coleman et al AJP(98)feb
[IUPP evaluation]; Crouch & Mazur AJP(01)sep
[Peer Instruction]; Meltzer & Manivannan
AJP(02)jun.
@ Inquiry-based: Brouwer AJP(84)jul
[problem posing]; Thacker et al AJP(94)jul;
McDermott 95.
@ Strategies and methods: Grayson AJP(04)aug
[concept substitution].
@ Physics majors: Abraham et al AJP(91)feb;
Adelberger AJP(94)oct
[research]; Ehrlich AJP(98)jan;
Manogue et al AJP(01)sep
[paradigms]; McDonnell AJP(05)jul
[why so few].
@ Other majors: McCall AJP(01)sep
[pre-pharmacy].
@ K-12 teaching: McDermott et al AJP(06)sep,
Hodapp et al PT(09)feb
[teacher preparation].
Theory of Physics Learning
* Goals for non-sci majors: Scientific literacy is not very well defined
nor realistic, but scientific awareness of what a theory or a scientific fact
are, and how to distinguish experts from quacks ("evolution is just a theory")
is important.
* Method: Demonstrate the scientific process, do not put the emphasis
on the products or facts.
@ And teaching: Swann AJP(51)mar
[importance of concepts]; Hestenes AJP(87)may;
Cromer 97 [philosophy]; Redish et al AJP(98)mar
[attitudes]; Redish & Steinberg PT(99)jan;
May & Etkina
AJP(02)dec
[conceptual learning]; Lising & Elby AJP(05)apr
[and student epistemology].
@ Difficulties: Maloney AJP(81)aug
[reasoning abilities]; Ford AJP(89)oct;
von Baeyer ThSc(90)nov; Romer AJP(93)dec
[editorial]; Camp & Clement 94; PW(95)jun,
p17; Kim & Pak AJP(02)jul
[conceptual understanding].
@ Personal: Sommerfeld AJP(49)may.
@ Other topics: Brush TPT(69)
[role of history]; Maloney AJP(87)apr
[cognition]; Tobias & Abel
AJP(90)sep
[and humanities]; Tobias 92 [motivating students]; Redish AJP(94)sep
[cognitive studies];
Stith
PT(96)jul
[ethnic diversity].
History and Specific Places
@ Spain: Vaquero & Santos S&E(01)phy/00 [XIX
century].
@ UK: Ogborn pw(99)oct
[IoP initiative]; news BBC(07)mar
[re report].
In Everyday Life > s.a. by
subjects; light;
technology.
* Remark: Some simple phenomena
still have to be explained – but the Moon
illusion (> see earth) is not a physical
effect.
@ General references: Lente 87; Rees & Viney AJP(88)may
[cooling tea and coffee]; de Mestre 90; Ingram 90; Walker 90; Ghose & Home
94; Jargodzki & Potter 00 [puzzles; r pw(01)jul];
Griffith 07 [text, 5th ed]; Bloomfield 06 [r pw(06)dec].
@ Related topics: insert NS(91)jan19 [quantum
mechanics]; Nagel AJP(99)jan
[breakfast table].
Applications > see by subjects; practical aspects.
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