Physics Teaching

Goals and Methods
* Tendencies: 2001, Inquiry-based teaching idea has been around for some time; e-learning is emerging.
@ General references: Morrison AJP(64); Crane AJP(68); Pflug pr(87); Berry ed-88; Schwartz AJP(90); Romer AJP(90); McDermott AJP(91); Van Heuvelen AJP(91), AJP(91); Lochhead AJP(91); 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) [challenges]; Wieman & Perkins PT(05)nov; Grayson PT(06)feb.
@ Physics education research: Hestenes AJP(98); McDermott & Redish AJP(99)RL; Holcomb AJP(01)comment; Heron & Meltzer AJP(05); Henderson & Dancy AJP(08)jan, Henderson AJP(08)feb [vs implementation].
@ Interactive: Hake AJP(98) [vs traditional]; Coleman et al AJP(98) [IUPP evaluation]; Crouch & Mazur AJP(01) [Peer Instruction]; Meltzer & Manivannan AJP(02).
@ Inquiry-based: Brouwer AJP(84) [problem posing]; Thacker et al AJP(94); McDermott 95.
@ Strategies and methods: Grayson AJP(04) [concept substitution].
@ Physics majors: Abraham et al AJP(91); Adelberger AJP(94) [research]; Ehrlich AJP(98); Manogue et al AJP(01) [paradigms]; McDonnell AJP(05) [why so few].
@ Other majors: McCall AJP(01) [pre-pharmacy].
@ K-12 teaching: McDermott et al AJP(06) [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) [importance of concepts]; Hestenes AJP(87); Cromer 97 [philosophy]; Redish et al AJP(98) [attitudes]; Redish & Steinberg PT(99)jan; May & Etkina AJP(02) [conceptual learning]; Lising & Elby AJP(05) [and student epistemology].
@ Difficulties: Maloney AJP(81) [reasoning abilities]; Ford AJP(89); von Baeyer ThSc(90); Romer AJP(93) [editorial]; Camp & Clement 94; PW(95)jun, p17; Kim & Pak AJP(02) [conceptual understanding].
@ Personal: Sommerfeld AJP(49).
@ Other topics: Brush TPT(69) [role of history]; Maloney AJP(87) [cognition]; Tobias & Abel AJP(90) [and humanities]; Tobias 92 [motivating students]; Redish AJP(94) [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) [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) [breakfast table].

Applications > see by subjects; practical aspects.

Main page – Abbreviations – Journals – Comments – Other sites – Acknowledgements
Send feedback and suggestions to bombelli at olemiss.edu – Modified 5 jul 2008