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Tuesday, December 18th 2007
1:00 pm:
Speaker: Joss Ives, University of British Columbia
Subject: Reforming a Large Introductory Physics Course at the University of British Columbia

The Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of British Columbia has recently completed the first year of an expected three-year cycle to reform one of our large courses. In addition to reforms of instructional methods and assessment based on student learning goals and learning outcomes, the course curriculum was shifted to present the physics content in the context of energy production and consumption. I will discuss the motivation, methods and assessment of this reform.

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