Practical Aspects of Physics Teaching

In General
* Suggerimento: Provare a fare inchieste all'inizio del corso sulle percezioni degli studenti.
@ Practical guides: Arons 90; Ashcroft 95; Swartz & Miner 97.
@ Teacher evaluation: Ehrlich AJP(02); Fontana EJP(05) [effectiveness parameter].
@ With computers: Wilson & Redish PT(89)jan; reviews in PW(93)feb; Brooks 97 [web-based]; > s.a. computation.
@ Multimedia and hardware: Yeo et al AJP(04) [interactive multimedia]; Reay et al AJP(05), Beatty et al AJP(06) [use of clickers].
@ Other topics: Rigden PT(90)mar [transparencies]; Van Heuvelen & Maloney AJP(99) [Physics Jeopardy]; Crease pw(06)nov [myths].

Class Demonstrations and Labs > s.a. by subject.
* Mechanics:
* Electrostratics: Electric force between charged rod and water; Rubber balloon rubbed on wall.
* Electromagnetic induction: Piece of iron vs magnet through vertical iron pipe.
@ Quantum mechanics: Costa-Krämer et al SuSc(95) [easy].
@ Labs: Bernard & Epp 95p; AAPT AJP(98) [goals]; Squires 01 [statistics]; Lippmann Kung AJP(05) [concepts]; Kraftmakher 06 [and demos, r PT(08)mar].
@ Demos: Taylor 88; Ehrlich 90, AJP(94) [ruler], 97; Gibbs 99; Crouh et al AJP(04) [approaches]; Jackson AJP(06) [paperclips and magnetism]; Sprott 06 [source book; r PT(06)oct]; Sokoloff & Thornton 06 [and active learning]; Roy et al AJP(07) [Lenz's law and magnet falling in tube].
@ Related topics: Mamola & Pollock TPT(93) [breaking broomstick]; Jewett TPT(93) [resonances in pipes].

Problems and Exams
@ General references: Newbury et al 91; Rees 94; see issues of AJP in general; Gnädig et al 01.
@ Homework and tests: TPT 31(93)246 [crossword test]; Arons 94; Tobias & Raphael 97; Henderson et al AJP(04) [grading]; Cheng et al AJP(04) [online homework]; Morris et al AJP(06) [multiple choice questions]; Kortemeyer AJP(06) [asynchronous online homework discussions].
@ Problem solving: Tonti 77 [mechanics]; Maloney AJP(78) [by groups]; Fuller PT(82)sep; Scarl 90; Heller et al AJP(92), Heller & Hollabaugh AJP(92) [collaborative]; Leonard et al AJP(96) [strategies]; Elby 98; Singh AJP(02) [strategies and intuition]; Hsu et al AJP(04)RL.

Undergraduate > s.a. by subject.
@ General references: Van Zytveld AJP(90) [research]; letter PT(90)sep; Rigden & Tobias ThSc(91)jan; Cadwell AJP(93) [liberal arts colleges]; Holbrow PT(99)mar [textbooks]; Whitten et al PT(03)sep [women]; Manogue & Krane PT(03)sep [upper level].
@ Programs and majors: Cooper AJP(52); Hilborn & Howes PT(03)sep [ug programs]; news che(07)jan [growth].
@ Types of courses: Efthimiou & Llewellyn phy/04-in + pw(04)apr ["physics in films"].
@ Individual colleges: Kleppner PT(91)jan [Collège de France].

Graduate > s.a. by subject.
@ Problems: Cronin et al; Cahn & Nadgorny 94 [qualifying exam]; Di Giacomo et al 94; Steeb 03 [mathematical physics]; Lim WS [qualifying-statistical mechanics].
@ Other topics: Cooper AJP(52) [programs]; Hestenes AJP(95) + comment AJP(96) [orals]; Jossem AJP(00)RL [graduate assistants]; Smith et al AJP(02) [PhD training]; Price & Finkelstein AJP(08) [preparing physicists-educators].

Middle School and High School
* 1994: Only 21% of high school students take physics in the US (15% of female students and 10% of black and Hispanic students, and about 1% of all students take a second year of physics), even though 98% of students go to schools that offer physics classes; By comparison, nearly 50% of students take chemistry (physics is still traditionally offered only after students take biology and chemistry).
* 1999: The percentage of US high-school students taking physics has risen by eight percent in the last decade, reaching an all-time high of 28% since the end of World War II; In the late 1990s, girls now represent almost half (47%) of students taking high-school physics (as opposed to 39% in 1987); However, African-American and Hispanic students remain underrepresented in physics classes; The same holds true for women and non-white physics teachers. (> s.a. AIP statistics site.)
@ General references: Pallrand & Lindenfeld PT(85)nov; Neuschatz PT(89)aug; Tobin et al ed-90; issue PT(91)sep; Gollub & Spital PT(02)may [Advanced Placement]; Feder PT(07)mar [rising enrollment].
@ Textbooks: Williams, Trinklein & Metcalfe 80 [standard, encyclopedic]; Project Physics; PSSC; Holbrow PT(99)mar [evolution over 150 years]; Hubisz PT(03)may [middle school texts].

Elementary Grades
@ References: Pomerantz PT(64).

Online Resources > see Planetjemma [young women and physics, pw(03)sep].

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