Resources for 4810/7810 - From Noah Finkelstein's version of this course
old 4810 - Fall 2004
old 4810 - Fall 2005
Version of 4810 at North Carolina (Melissa Dancy)
And MCDB 6440- a CU Biology "Teaching and Learning" course
Links to Curriculum
to be Discussed in Class
Peer Instruction (e.g. Mazur's ConcepTests )
Washington
Tutorials
Cooperative Group Problem Solving - from Minnesota
Active Learning Problem Sheets
"Epistemological" Interactive
Lecture Demonstrations
Links to
Science/Physics Education Journals
The Physics Teacher - associated
with AAPT, geared toward HS and University Intro level courses.
American Journal of Physics -
associated with AAPT, geared toward university level
Journal of Research in Science Teaching - Publishes research studies only, associated with NARST
NSTA Journals - Four journals covering the age ranges - elementary, middle, hs, and college
Physics Education - European Journal, publishes research studies
Phys. Rev. Special Topics - PER - Online journal for physics education research publications
Professional
Organizations/Listserves
American Association of Physics Teachers (AAPT)
National Science Teachers Association (NSTA)
CIRTL: The Diversity Institute page - a national organization (which CU is a member of) to encourage grad students to learn more about teaching. (Lots of nice resources here!)
Fun (possibly relevant) links
The
Flying Spaghetti Monster
Projects from earlier Phys4810/7810 courses
Mahajan Order of Magnitude Physics (I recommend reading pages 1-6 in particular)
Hubisz Middle School
Textbook Analysis
Let me know if you find more links I should add!