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Priscilla Laws is Research Professor of Physics at Dickinson College where she and her colleagues have developed a workshop method for teaching physics without lectures. Students in Workshop Physics courses use several related computer applications including spreadsheets linked dynamically to graphs for modeling, microcomputer interfacing for real-time data collection, and video analysis software. She is also co-author of Explorations in Physics and Understanding Physics. Workshop Physics, Explorations in Physics and Understanding Physics are published by John Wiley and Sons. |
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David Sokoloff is Professor of Physics at the University of Oregon where he integrates classroom testing on research-based curricula with the assessment of conceptual learning in introductory courses with large enrollments. He is the principal author (along with Ronald Thornton and Priscilla Laws) of RealTime Physics--computer-supported active learning laboratories for use in traditional university settings. He is also co-developer (along with Ronald Thornton) of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations (ILDs) which are used to create an active learning environment in lecture classes. RealTime Physics and Interactive Lecture Demonstrations are published by John Wiley and Sons. |
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Ronald Thornton is Director of the Center for Science and Mathematics Teaching of the Physics and Education Departments at Tufts University where he directs the development of software for microcomputer-based laboratory (MBL) tools for real-time collection and analysis of data, for modeling and for vector visualization, and curricula designed to be used with these. The center conducts research on student learning in physics. The MBL software has won awards from EDUCOM, Computers in Physics, and the Dana Foundation. He is currently working (with David Sokoloff) on web-based delivery of Interactive Lecture Demonstrations, and the development of ILDs in other science disciplines. |
