University of Minnesota
School of Physics & Astronomy

Physics Education Seminar

semester, 2004

Tuesday, January 20th 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
Speaker: Paul Knutson, Vince Kuo, Tom Thaden-Koch
Subject: A Preview of Presentations to be Made at AAPT
Tuesday, January 27th 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
The seminar will not be held this week.
Tuesday, February 3rd 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
Speaker: Ken Heller, University of Minnesota
Subject: A Progress Report on Revising a Physics Course for Biology Majors, Part 1: Course Design and Justifications for Revising the Course.
Tuesday, February 10th 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
Speaker: Ken Heller, University of Minnesota
Subject: A Progress Report on Revising a Physics Course for Biology Majors: Course Design and Justifications for Revising the Course (Part II).
Tuesday, February 17th 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
Speaker: Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota
Subject: A New Undergraduate Physics Course: Einstein for Everyone
Tuesday, February 24th 2004
4:40 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 236A Physics
Speaker: Michel Janssen, University of Minnesota
Subject: A New Undergraduate Physics Course: Einstein for Everyone (Part II)
Tuesday, March 2nd 2004
Speaker: Vincent H. Kuo, University of Minnesota
Subject: Physics Instructors' Views on How Students Should Solve Problems
Tuesday, March 9th 2004
4:40 pm:
Speaker: Tom Thaden-Koch, University of Minnesota
Subject: Using Coordination Classes to Understand Students' Judgments of Motion
Tuesday, March 16th 2004
The seminar will not be held this week.
Tuesday, March 23rd 2004
4:40 pm:
Speaker: Peter Border, University of Minnesota
Subject: Physics for Game Designers
Tuesday, March 30th 2004
4:40 pm:
Speaker: Discussion among attendees at the seminar.
Subject: Changing the Curriculum - Why and How? A discussion of a paper by Elaine Seymour
Tuesday, April 6th 2004
Speaker: C.E. Campbell & P.J. Ellis, University of Minnesota
Subject: Restructuring Upper Level Physics Courses
Tuesday, April 13th 2004
The seminar will not be held this week.
Tuesday, April 20th 2004
Speaker: Leon Hsu, University of Minnesota
Subject: Using Computers as Interactive Problem-solving Coaches
Tuesday, April 27th 2004
Speaker: Tom Thaden-Koch, University of Minnesota
Subject: Using Coordination Classes to Understand Students' Decisions (Part II)
Tuesday, May 4th 2004
Speaker: Paul Knutson, University of Minnesota
Subject: What Do Students Learn in Introductory Physics Labs and What Pedagogies Best Aid in Their Learning?
Tuesday, May 11th 2004
The seminar has ended for the semester.
Wednesday, July 28th 2004
11:00 am:
Speaker: Vince Kuo, University of Minnesota
Subject: An Explanatory Model of Physics Faculty Conceptions about the Problem-Solving Process

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