New RTP and ILD Tools and Curricula: Video Analysis,
Clickers and E & M Labs
David Sokoloff, Priscilla Laws and Ronald Thornton
Half-day
workshop, Saturday, July 28, 2012, American Assoc. of Physics Teachers Summer Meeting,
Philadelphia, PA
RealTime Physics
(RTP) and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs)
have been available for over 15 years--so what's new? The just released Third
Edition of RTP includes five new labs on basic electricity and magnetism in
Module 3 as well a new approaches to projectile motion in Module 1. Some of
these new labs make use of video analysis. Also new are clicker-based ILDs. This hands-on workshop is designed for those who want
to make effective use of active learning with computer-based tools in their
introductory courses. These active learning approaches for lectures, labs, and
recitations (tutorials) are based on physics education research (PER).
Participants will work with new activities as well as original ones. The
following will be distributed: Modules from the Third Edition of RTP, the ILD
book, the Physics with Video Analysis book and CD, and Teaching Physics with
the Physics Suite by E.F. Redish. Partially supported
by the National Science Foundation. For more information, contact David Sokoloff. Pre-registration required. To
register, go to the AAPT Web-Site
Interactive Lecture Demonstrations--WhatÕs New? ILDs Using Clickers and Video
Analysis
David Sokoloff, Priscilla
Laws and Ronald Thornton
American Association of Physics
Teachers Summer Meeting, Philadelphia, PA, July, 2012, (Time and Date TBA)
Description: The results of
physics education research and the availability of microcomputer-based tools
have led to the development of the activity-based Physics Suite. Most of the
Suite materials are designed for hands-on learning, for example student-oriented
laboratory curricula like RealTime Physics. One
reason for the success of these materials is that they encourage students to
take an active part in their learning. This interactive session will
demonstrate--through active audience participationâ Suite materials designed to
promote active learning in lecture--Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs). The demonstrations will be drawn from energy, heat
and thermodynamics, oscillations and waves, electricity and magnetism, light
and optics. Results of studies on the effectiveness of this approach will be
presented. This session should be of special interest to teachers of large
lecture classes as well as those who teach small classes where only one
computer is available. For more information, contact David Sokoloff. No pre-registration required. For more information on location, go to
the AAPT Web-Site