Physics education research, electronic materials, and the musings of Christopher Moore, Ph.D.

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.

Next semester I will be attempting something new in our general education, conceptual physics course here at Longwood University. I plan on implementing Lillian McDermott’s Physics by Inquiry (PbI) … with a twist. The suggested enrollment for such a course is 20 students, with 1 instructor and 1-3 teaching assistants. My course next semester will [...]