Physics Education Research
Working Session
August 9-10, 1997
University of Denver
Business Administration Building, Rooms 115 & 116
Last update of schedule August 7, 1997
Members of the physics education research community will gather two days before the Summer Meeting of AAPT to discuss issues related to conducting research about how students learn physics. The working session will emphasize the methods of research, education of graduate students and future directions for researchers in this field of physics.
Saturday, August 9 |
10 am |
Registration Poster session of research projects. Posters are limited to those research efforts which are assessing student learning of topics which are normally taught in physics and astronomy courses at any academic level. |
Lunch | ||
1:00 pm |
Opening Plenary Session Welcome & Logistics: Dean Zollman (10 min) The context of this PER session: Joe Redish Panel discussion on what other disciplines can contribute
to physics education research |
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3:00 |
Break |
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3:45 |
Education of a PER grad student |
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5:30 |
Dinner Break |
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7:00 |
Cracker Barrel session on present research. Only grad
students and post-docs may make presentations.
(2 transparencies, assuming we have an overhead.) |
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Sunday, August 10 |
9:00 AM |
Building a concept
inventory: How to you make one that 'works'? (and what do we mean by
'works'?) |
Sunday, August 10 |
10:00 AM |
The multiple choice format
of the FCI: Is it a factor? |
10:30 |
Break |
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10:50 |
Qualitative Research Methods I Evaluating the utility of a multiple choice test Using Classroom Observation Protocols, |
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12:00 |
Lunch |
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1:15pm |
Qualitative Research Methods II |
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3:15 PM |
Break |
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3:30 PM |
Publishing your Research Results Various Avenues to Publication The New Journal, timeline, etc |
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4:30 |
Adjourn |