Teaching Physics with the Physics Suite CD / Edition 1

by Edward F. Redish

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780471393788
Publisher:	Wiley
Publication date:	02/03/2003
Edition description:	BK&CD-ROM
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	7.30(w) x 9.10(h) x 0.50(d)

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.

Table of Contents

* Introduction and Motivation
* Cognitive Principles and Guidelines for Instruction
* There's More than Content to a Physics Course: The HiddenCurriculum
* Extending Our Assessments: Homework and Testing
* Evaluating Our Instruction: Surveys
* Instructional Implications: Some Effective TeachingMethods
* Lecture-Based Methods
* Recitation and Laboratory-Based Methods
* Workshop and Studio Methods
* Using the Physics Suite

Bibliography
Appendix (on Resource CD)

* Sample Problems for Homework and Exams
* Action Research Kit
* Bibliographic Resources
* Other Resources
* Resources for Computer Assisted Data Acquisition andAnalysis