Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite CD - Softcover

Redish, Edward F.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0471393789 ISBN 13: 9780471393788

Publisher: Wiley, 2003

Synopsis

Written by one of the leaders of the Physics Education Research (PER) movement, Teaching Physics is a book for anyone interested in learning how to become a more effective physics teacher.

Rather than reviewing specific topics in physics with hints for how to teach them and lists of common student difficulties,Teaching Physics presents a variety of tools for improving both the teaching and learning of physics--from new kinds of homework and exam problems, to surveys for figuring out what has happened in your class, to tools for taking and analyzing data using computers and video.

Teaching Physics is a companion guide to using the Physics Suite, an integrated collection of research-based instructional materials for lecture, laboratory, recitation, and workshop/studio environments. But even if you don't use a single element from the Suite, Teaching Physics can help you enhance your students' learning experience.

About this title

From the Back Cover

TEACHING PHYSICS is a book about learning to be a more effective physics teacher. It is meant for anyone who is interested in learning about recent developments in physics education. It is not a review of specific topics in physics with hints for how to teach them and lists of common student difficulties. Rather, it is a handbook with a variety of tools for improving both teaching and learning of physics from new kinds of homework and exam problems, to surveys for figuring out what has happened in your class, to tools for taking and analyzing data using computers and video.

TEACHING PHYSICS includes:

•  an introduction to the cognitive model of thinking and learning that underlies modern physics education research
• principles and guidelines for making use of and understanding the implications of this cognitive model for the classroom
• a discussion of formative and summative evaluation with a variety of "thinking problems" useful for homework and exams
• a discussion of assessment of the success of instruction using research-based concept and attitude surveys
• discussion of 11 research-based curricular materials for use in lecture, lab, recitation, and workshops environments
• tips and guidelines  for how to improve your instruction

In addition, the book comes with a Resource CD containing 14 conceptual and 3 attitude surveys, more than 250 thinking problems covering all areas of introductory physics, resource materials from commercial vendors on use of computerized data acquisition and video, and a variety of other useful reference materials.

TEACHING PHYSICS is a companion guide to using the Physics Suite, an integrated collection of research-based instructional material for lecture, laboratory, recitation, and workshop/studio environments. The elements of the Suite share the underlying philosophy of education described in this book.

About the Author

EDWARD F. (JOE) REDISH is a Professor of Physics at the University of Maryland where he has taught for over 30 years. He received his Ph.D. in th4eoretical nuclear physics from MIT and was an active researcher in that field for 25 years. Since 1991, he has devoted his research effort to physics education and has established a research group at Maryland. He is the recipient of numerous awards for his scholarship of teaching and learning including the 1998 Millikan award from the AAPT.

Edition details

• Publisher: Wiley
• Publication date: 2003
• ISBN 10: 0471393789
• ISBN 13: 9780471393788
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 240