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Friday, January 20th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 157
This seminar will not be held this week.
Wednesday, January 25th 2006
5:00 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 210 Physics
Subject: Organizational Meeting
Thursday, February 2nd 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Room 210
Speaker: Ken Heller, University of Minnesota
Subject: Developing an Introductory Physics Course for Biology Majors - a continuation of the discussion
Thursday, February 9th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Tate Room 242
Speaker: Paul Knutson and Jennifer Docktor, University of Minnesota
Subject: Introductory Physics Labs - Initial Steps in Measuring Students Skills in Problem Solving
Thursday, February 16th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
Speaker: Paul Knutson and Jen Docktor
Subject: Professional Development for Teaching Assistants
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Thursday, February 23rd 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
Speaker: Brita Nellermoe, Software Developer and Sean Albiston, Lab Services Coordinator, Physics Department, University of Minnesota
Subject: Labview in the Introductory Physics Labs - New Developments and Future Directions
Thursday, March 2nd 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
Speaker: Laura McCullough, Physics Professor at University of Wisconsin-Stout
Subject: Interactive Pedagogy -Helping Women Talk. Does interactive engagement help women in the physics classroom?
Thursday, March 9th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
Speaker: Leon Hsu, Professor in General College and in Physics, University of Minnesota
Subject: Physics by Inquiry at Minnesota: Implementing a lab-based physics course
Thursday, March 16th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
No seminar this week.
Thursday, March 23rd 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics Room 242
Speaker: Rand Harrington, PK-12 Science Department Chair, The Blake School
Subject: Teaching Special Relativity to Tibetan Monks
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Thursday, March 30th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics 242
Speaker: Pete Border, University of Minnesota
Subject: Home labs for an online version of Phys 1101- Description of an online version of Physics 1101 including labs that use audio instead of video to take data.
Thursday, April 6th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics Room 242
Speaker: Paul Knutson and Jennifer Docktor
Subject: "Changing Minds, Computers, Learning, and Literacy" by Andrea (Andy) A. diSessa. Discussion of Chapters 1,2,4 and 5
ISBN 0-262-4180-4 (hardcover), 0-262-54132-7 (paperback)
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Thursday, April 13th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics 242
Speaker: Clark Erickson, The Science Specialist for the Minnesota Department of Education
Subject: Science Standards K-12 and Requirements for Science Teacher Certification in Minnesota
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Thursday, April 20th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in 242
No seminar this week. We encourage people to attend the Physics & Astronomy Colloquium at 4:00 p.m. in room 150.
Thursday, April 27th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics 242
Speaker: Lee Schmitt, Professional Development Coordinator, Graduate School of Education (CGEE), Hamline University
Subject: Bringing High School Physics Teachers up to Speed
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Thursday, May 4th 2006
3:45 pm:
Physics Education Seminar in Physics 242
Speaker: Alice Churukian, Physics Professor at Concordia College, Moorhead, MN
Subject: How do we know what students are learning and how do we determine the effectiveness of instruction?
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