Some Links for Physics 4810/7810: Fall 2006

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)

AAPT listserves

PHYS-L

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

Intelligent Falling Theory

Susan Ohanian's Website

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!