Sustaining educational reforms in introductory physics

Sustaining Educational Reforms in Introductory Physics

1 to appear in Physical Review: Special Topics PER Sustaining Educational Reforms in Introductory Physics Steven J. Pollock and Noah D. Finkelstein Department of Physics University of Colorado at Boulder Boulder, CO 80309 While it is well known which curricular practices can improve student performance on measures of conceptual understanding, the sustaining of these practices and the role of fa...

Research on computer - based educational activities for introductory college physics

Institutionalizing reform in introductory physics

We examine how the University of Colorado at Boulder has created the sustained the use of a research-based curriculum in the introductory calculus-based physics sequence, despite the significant increases in cost and time commitment. The adoption of the University of Washington Tutorials in Introductory Physics [1] curriculum required significant pedagogical shifts in the students’ role, educat...

Addition Laws in Introductory Physics

We propose a unified approach to addition of some physical quantities (among which resistors and capacitors are the most well-known) that are usually encountered in introductory physics such that the formulæ required to solve problems are always simply additive. This approach has the advantage of being consistent with the intuition of students. To demonstrate the effectiveness of our approach, ...

Introductory Physics In Biological Context: An Approach To Improve Introductory Physics For Life Science Students

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