Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.
Jul 31st, 2011
I’m at Creighton University in Omaha, NE for the 2011 AAPT Summer Meeting. There tends to be a lot of down time during these things, so I’ll probably kill time blogging about the things I find interesting. I decide that I would stay in the dorms this time around, so that I could save my [...]
Dec 26th, 2010
I will be at the AAPT Winter Meeting in January where I will give a talk about the conceptual physics course we have been developing (more here and here.) The main point of the talk is to look at the data and answer the question posed in the title. The answer to that question is [...]
Dec 20th, 2010
A while back, I discussed a plan for my Conceptual Physics courses for non-science majors. Well, I taught the course. It was 48 students and me, and we successfully moved through a lot of the Physics by Inquiry (PbI) curriculum.
Jun 30th, 2008
I’m back in Farmville after spending the weekend in College Park, MD being taught how to teach. (Technically, I’m in Richmond working on research right now, but I will be in Farmville tonight.) I didn’t get an opportunity to blog about the workshop much as it was going, because the schedule was very dense and [...]
Jun 26th, 2008
I have arrived in Maryland for the American Association of Physics Teachers New Faculty workshop. I have a lot to learn this weekend, and I will try to keep you posted on what juicy bits I come across. In about an hour I’ll be attending a Grant Opportunities workshop with the National Science Foundation and [...]